Improving Ethnic Diversity in Cancer Trials Through Healthcare Interpreter Training.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

People with cancer from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds who are not proficient in English face many challenges in accessing clinical trials. Clinical trials offer opportunities to access cutting-edge therapies for cancer management, with opportunities for longer survival and/or better quality of life. Inequitable access to these clinical trials not only reduces the validity of research findings, but also exacerbates the known disparities in cancer outcomes for these populations. Australia is a migrant majority country, with certain areas having large proportions of people who do not speak English-research has shown that this group has a lower rate of trial participation than those who can speak English. There is no available specific training i

SUBMITTER: Grant SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12314417 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature