Oyepeju Abioye-Akintola: The role of peer-support in cancer health disparities in minority communities

Duaa Kanan shared a post by Oyepeju Abioye-Akintola, Internal Medicine Resident Physician at Allegheny Health Network, on X adding:

“Congratulations Oyepeju Abioye-Akintola, and the team on publishing this important work. This highlights how support groups can greatly help patients from minority populations.”

Quoting Oyepeju Abioye-Akintola’s post:

“Excited to share my FIRST first author pub, out in Springer Nature’s Cancer Causes and Control Journal.

We discuss the role of peer-support networks in bridging cancer health disparities in minority communities.”

Source: Duaa Kanan/X and Oyepeju Abioye-Akintola/X

Cancer health disparities in minority communities: peer support networks can bridge the gap.

Authors: Oyepeju Abioye, Lauren Kiel, Rebekah Kaufman and Narjust Florez.

Duaa Kanan, MD is an Internal Medicine Resident Physician at University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria. She is also a Clinical Associate at University of Illinois Chicago. Previously she was the Co- President of ASCO OSIG at Bahcesehir University. Her research interests include areas of medical education, drug design and discovery, targeted therapies, and next-generation sequencing.