ASCO 2021 | Racial disparities in breast cancer

Name: Racial disparities in breast cancer
Uploaded: 2021-05-28T00:00:00Z
Duration: 1 min 54 s

Erica Michelle Stringer-Reasor • 28 May 2021

ASCO 2021

Breast Cancer

Erica Michelle Stringer-Reasor, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, discusses disparities in treating breast cancer and clinical trial enrollment. Participation in breast cancer trials is low, with less than 10% of patients with breast cancer participating in clinical trials, and only 1-3% of black patients enrolling in clinical trials. Racial disparities additionally exist in mortality rates, with black patients having a mortality rate of 40% then white patients. Dr Stringer-Reasor also briefly discusses barriers that prevent more patients from participating in clinical trials. This interview took place at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2021 Virtual Meeting.