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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.