Critical race theory originated in a legal framework but has implications in the conduct of cancer research, according to Mya L. Roberson, PhD.
Roberson, assistant professor in the department of health policy at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, outlined the historical and contemporary place of critical race theory in cancer research inclusive of basic, clinical, translational and population health sciences in a commentary published in Nature Reviews Cancer.
“It is especially important to understand that cancer inequities start so much earlier than when individuals are diagnosed