Particles and Prejudice: Nanomedicine Approaches to Reducing Health Disparities in Endometrial Cancer
Abstract
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy worldwide and unfortunately has a much higher mortality rate in Black women compared with White women. Many potential factors contribute to these mortality rates, including the underlying effects of systemic and interpersonal racism. Furthermore, other trends in medicine have potential links to these rates including participation in clinical trials, hormone therapy, and pre‐existing health conditions. Addressing the high incidence and disparate mortality rates in endometrial cancer requires novel methods, such as nanoparticle‐based therapeutics. These therapeutics have been growing in increasing prevalence in pre‐clinical development and have far‐reaching implications in cancer therapy. The rigor of pre‐clinical studies is enhanced by the likeness of the model to the human body. In systems for 3D cell culture, for example, the extracellular matrix mimics the tumor more closely. The increasing emphasis on precision medicine can be applied to cancer using nanoparticle‐based methods and applied to pre‐clinical models by using patient‐derived model data. This review highlights the intersections of nanomedicine, precision medicine, and racial disparities within endometrial cancer and provides insights into reducing health disparities using recent scientific advances on the nanoscale.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jun 13, 2023
- Source ID
- 10.1002/smll.202300096
Entities
People
- Abigail M. Folberg
- Brittany E Givens
- Claire E. Rowlands
- Eric J Devor
- Kimberly K Leslie
- Zachary K. Beickman
Organizations
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- National Institutes of Health
- Purdue University
- United States Department of Defense
- University of Iowa
- University of Kentucky
- University of Nebraska Omaha
- University of New Mexico