2024
Adaptation of the socioecological model to address disparities in engagement of Black men in prostate cancer genetic testing
Leader A, Rebbeck T, Oh W, Patel A, Winer E, Bailey L, Gomella L, Lumpkins C, Garraway I, Aiello L, Baskin M, Cheng H, Cooney K, Ganzak A, George D, Halabi S, Hathaway F, Healy C, Kim J, Leapman M, Loeb S, Maxwell K, McNair C, Morgan T, Prindeville B, Soule H, Steward W, Suttiratana S, Taplin M, Yamoah K, Fortune T, Bennett K, Blanding-Godbolt J, Gross L, Giri V. Adaptation of the socioecological model to address disparities in engagement of Black men in prostate cancer genetic testing. BMC Public Health 2024, 24: 2533. PMID: 39289635, PMCID: PMC11409532, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20008-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocioecological modelGermline testingHealthcare institutionsCancer genetic testingHereditary cancer implicationsEquity frameworkBlack malesCancer screeningReduce disparitiesBackgroundBlack menCommunity liaisonCommunity stakeholdersMixed-methods approachOvercome barriersImprovement PartnershipCommunity eventsCascade testingModified Delphi modelRate of prostate cancerGenetic testingCancer implicationsEducation programsBlack menEquitable strategiesIncreased engagement
2015
High prevalence of discordant human papillomavirus and p16 oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas in an African American cohort
Liu J, Parajuli S, Blackman E, Gibbs D, Ellis A, Hull A, Beck J, Giri V, Iherjirka P, Khurana J, Ragin C. High prevalence of discordant human papillomavirus and p16 oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas in an African American cohort. Head & Neck 2015, 38: e867-e872. PMID: 25962720, PMCID: PMC4643423, DOI: 10.1002/hed.24117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaAfrican American cohortPolymerase chain reactionAmerican cohortHPV- oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaHPV/p16 statusIncidence of HPVAfrican American patientsTumor RegistryCell carcinomaSCC cohortHuman papillomavirusP16 statusAmerican patientsP16 stainingTumor blocksHPVPatientsStandard immunohistochemistryTumor typesP16 negativityCohortChain reactionSurvival
2011
Validation of Genome-Wide Prostate Cancer Associations in Men of African Descent
Chang B, Spangler E, Gallagher S, Haiman C, Henderson B, Isaacs W, Benford M, Kidd L, Cooney K, Strom S, Ingles S, Stern M, Corral R, Joshi A, Xu J, Giri V, Rybicki B, Neslund-Dudas C, Kibel A, Thompson I, Leach R, Ostrander E, Stanford J, Witte J, Casey G, Eeles R, Hsing A, Chanock S, Hu J, John E, Park J, Stefflova K, Zeigler-Johnson C, Rebbeck T. Validation of Genome-Wide Prostate Cancer Associations in Men of African Descent. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2011, 20: 23-32. PMID: 21071540, PMCID: PMC3110616, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-10-0698.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesProstate cancer susceptibility regionsGenome-wide significanceGWAS-identified lociCancer susceptibility lociGenetic etiologyProstate cancer susceptibility allelesEuropean descentGenetic variationCancer susceptibility allelesEuropean-descent populationsAssociation studiesSusceptibility lociGenotype dataLociSusceptibility regionsChromosome 8q24Susceptibility allelesDescent populationsRegion 2Prostate cancer associationRs12418451MSMBRs10993994Alleles