Equity in Cancer Prevention and Early Detection

The burden of cancer differs greatly among communities based on several factors, including the available resources for cancer prevention and early detection. This has adverse outcomes when comparing high-income countries with those with limited resources. Other factors that significantly influence cancer outcomes include racial and ethnic backgrounds, genetic factors, and differences in environmental exposure. However, the level of applied healthcare systems and interventions may play a critical role in this context. On the other hand, implementing sustainable prevention and early detection programs could potentially reduce the overall impact of cancer in various communities. As the saying goes, "Prevention is better than cure." In the same country, some people may have more access to cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment than others.

This research project focuses on different factors related to equity in cancer prevention and early detection, targeting socioeconomic negative impacts including social barriers, environmental-environmental-related factors, genetic predisposing, and health policy determinants.
Although programs of cancer prevention and early detection are useful for reducing new cancer cases as well as preventing many patients from presenting with advanced stages of the disease, many people are not benefiting from these programs equally, even in the same country. This is most apparently in low-resource countries. However, these disparities are also present in many high-income countries, as not all people receive the same healthcare services. Numerous are caused by insufficient availability of suitable medical services resulting from unequal access to healthcare systems.
Equity in cancer prevention and early detection is lacking scientific evidence due to the low focus of researchers in this context. Thus, studying the influence of socioeconomic, environmental, and genetic factors related to cancer prevention and early detection can provide a platform for researchers, healthcare policymakers, and policymakers to enhance cancer care and minimize inequity in cancer prevention and early detection.

This research project is mainly focused on focusing on genetic, socioeconomic, environmental, and health care disparities resulting in cancer prevention and early detection inequity worldwide. The research projects focus on solutions and future planning of optimized equity in cancer prevention and early detection.
The manuscripts presented will concentrate on elements influencing variations in cancer prevention and early detection across diverse human societies. The investigation of genetic, environmental, and social aspects of health represents a commendable approach to addressing this issue. The submissions can investigate one or several aspects of disparities and may compare benefited populations with disadvantages, either in structure or by focusing on a particular field where disparities are recognized to exist.
The research may be laboratory-based or community-based and may be prospective or retrospective in nature. Submissions that explore the significance of diversity in the healthcare and clinical professions in cancer are encouraged. We strongly encourage applications from cancer workforce training sites that serve diverse communities.

We welcome articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Genetic
• Environmental
• Socioeconomic
• Healthcare setting

Please note manuscripts consisting solely of bioinformatics or computational analysis of public genomic or transcriptomic databases that are not accompanied by validation (independent cohort or biological validation in vitro or in vivo) are out of the scope of this Research Topic.

Article types and fees

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Case Report
• Clinical Trial
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• FAIR² DATA Direct Submission
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
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Article types

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Case Report
• Clinical Trial
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• FAIR² DATA Direct Submission
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Review
• Systematic Review
• Technology and Code

Keywords: Cancer, prevention, early detection, healthcare, genetic cancer, social cancer, environmental cancer

Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.