PUBLICATIONS

We have published extensively in peer-reviewed journals findings from our research studies.

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Read on to explore a wide selection of our team’s most notable and groundbreaking papers and articles.

List of peer-reviewed publications in academic journals focused on biological mechanisms underlying cancer health disparities. ​​

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• Bell RA, et al. "Understanding and Addressing Cancer Disparities Among American Indians in North Carolina: The Southeastern American Indian Cancer Health Equity Partnership (SAICEP)." Cancer Control. 2025 Jan - Dec, doi: 10.1177/10732748251336410.

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• Gupta, Anjali et al. “Association of Life-Course Educational Attainment and Breast Cancer Grade in the MEND Study.” Annals of global health vol. 87,1 59. 7 Jul. 2021, doi:10.5334/aogh.3142
   

• Gupta, Anjali et al. “Association of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and odds of breast cancer by molecular subtype: analysis of the MEND study.” Oncotarget vol. 12,13 1230-1242. 22 Jun. 2021, doi:10.18632/oncotarget.27991
   

• Akinyemiju, Tomi et al. “Association of body composition with odds of breast cancer by molecular subtype: analysis of the Mechanisms for Established and Novel Risk Factors for Breast Cancer in Nigerian Women (MEND) study.” BMC cancer vol. 21,1 1051. 25 Sep. 2021, doi:10.1186/s12885-021-08775-8
   

• Akinyemiju, Tomi et al. “Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Breast Cancer by Molecular Subtype: Analysis of the MEND Study.” Clinical breast cancer, S1526-8209(21)00320-7. 23 Nov. 2021, doi:10.1016/j.clbc.2021.11.004

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• Wright, Nikita et al. “Targeting risk factors for reducing the racially disparate burden in breast cancer.” Frontiers in bioscience (Scholar edition) vol. 11,1 136-160. 1 Mar. 2019, doi:10.2741/S531

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• Sakhuja, Swati et al. “Patterns of de-novo metastasis and breast cancer-specific mortality by race and molecular subtype in the SEER population-based dataset.” Breast cancer research and treatment vol. 186,2 (2021): 509-518. doi:10.1007/s10549-020-06007-4

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• Akinyemiju, Tomi F et al. “Race/ethnicity and socio-economic differences in breast cancer surgery outcomes.” Cancer epidemiology vol. 39,5 (2015): 745-51. doi:10.1016/j.canep.2015.07.010
   

• Akinyemiju, Tomi et al. “Breast cancer survival in African-American women by hormone receptor subtypes.” Breast cancer research and treatment vol. 153,1 (2015): 211-8. doi:10.1007/s10549-015-3528-7​

List of peer-reviewed publications in academic journals focused on biological mechanisms underlying cancer health disparities. 

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• Karanth S, et al. "Health Care Access Dimensions and Racial Disparities in End-of-Life Care Quality among Patients with Ovarian Cancer." Cancer Res Commun. 2024 Mar 18. doi: 10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-23-0283. PMID: 38441644; 

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• Meernik C, et al. "Health Care Access Barriers and Self-Reported Health Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors." J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2024 Feb; doi: 10.1089/jayao.2023.0024. PMID: 37307018

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• Gupta A, et al. "Factor Analysis of Health Care Access With Ovarian Cancer Surgery and Gynecologic Oncologist Consultation." JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Feb. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.54595. 

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• Akinyemiju, Tomi et al. “Ovarian Cancer Epidemiology, Healthcare Access and Disparities (ORCHiD): methodology for a population-based study of black, Hispanic and white patients with ovarian cancer.” BMJ open vol. 11,10 e052808. 4 Oct. 2021, doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052808
   

• Islam, Jessica Y et al. “Health Care Access Measures and Palliative Care Use by Race/Ethnicity among Metastatic Gynecological Cancer Patients in the United States.” International journal of environmental research and public health vol. 18,11 6040. 4 Jun. 2021, doi:10.3390/ijerph18116040
   

• Akinyemiju, Tomi F et al. “Health care access dimensions and cervical cancer screening in South Africa: analysis of the world health survey.” BMC public health vol. 15 382. 15 Apr. 2015, doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1686-5​

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• Akinyemiju, Tomi F et al. “Healthcare access and mammography screening in Michigan: a multilevel cross-sectional study.” International journal for equity in health vol. 11 16. 21 Mar. 2012, doi:10.1186/1475-9276-11-16

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• Akinyemiju, Tomi F. “Socio-economic and health access determinants of breast and cervical cancer screening in low-income countries: analysis of the World Health Survey.” PloS one vol. 7,11 (2012): e48834. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048834

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• Okwali, Michelle et al. “Adherence to cancer prevention guidelines in South Africa is associated with health care access.” International health vol. 8,3 (2016): 211-9. doi:10.1093/inthealth/ihv044

STRUCTURAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

List of peer-reviewed publications in academic journals focused on the structural determinants of health. 

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• Akinyemiju T, et al. "A latent measure of cultural racism and its association with US mortality and life expectancy." Nat Hum Behav. 2025 Aug 26. doi: 10.1038/s41562-025-02290-7.

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• Meernik C, et al. "Healthcare Access Domains and Treatment as Mediators of Ovarian Cancer Racial Disparities in Survival: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis in SEER-Medicare." Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Oct 3; doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae404. 

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• Akinyemiju T, et al. "Healthcare Access Domains Mediate Racial Disparities in Ovarian Cancer Treatment Quality in a US Patient Cohort: A Structural Equation Modelling Analysis." Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2023 Jan 9; doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.

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• Akinyemiju, Tomi F. “Socio-economic and health access determinants of breast and cervical cancer screening in low-income countries: analysis of the World Health Survey.” PloS one vol. 7,11 (2012): e48834. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048834
   

• ​Akinyemiju, Tomi F et al. “The association of early life socioeconomic position on breast cancer incidence and mortality: a systematic review.” International journal of public health vol. 63,7 (2018): 787-797. doi:10.1007/s00038-017-1060-8
   

• Akinyemiju, Tomi F et al. “Socioeconomic status and incidence of breast cancer by hormone receptor subtype.” SpringerPlus vol. 4 508. 17 Sep. 2015, doi:10.1186/s40064-015-1282-2​

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• Karanth, Shama et al. “Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Health-Care Access Disparities in Ovarian Cancer Treatment and Mortality: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.” JNCI cancer spectrum vol. 3,4 pkz084. 9 Oct. 2019, doi:10.1093/jncics/pkz084