
Travel barriers and lack of local sites hinder clinical trial enrollment for underserved patients, and decentralizing trials is key to improving access, according to Mariam Eskander, MD, MPH.
Mariam F. Eskander, MD, MPH, is an assistant professor of surgery and a gastrointestinal surgical oncologist at the Rutgers Cancer Institute.

Travel barriers and lack of local sites hinder clinical trial enrollment for underserved patients, and decentralizing trials is key to improving access, according to Mariam Eskander, MD, MPH.

Living in food deserts, clinical trial deserts, and areas with high transportation vulnerability significantly lowers breast cancer clinical trial participation.

Mariam F. Eskander, MD, MPH, and Coral O. Omene, MD, PhD, discuss some specific practices and policies that have been most effective at their institution and how these may be adopted by other practices.

Mariam F. Eskander, MD, MPH, and Coral O. Omene, MD, PhD, discuss how medical mistrust has impacted participation in oncology clinical trials.

Mariam F. Eskander, MD, MPH, and Coral O. Omene, MD, PhD, discuss potential strategies that teams can implement to ensure clinical trials are more representative of the general population.

Mariam F. Eskander, MD, MPH, and Coral O. Omene, MD, PhD, discuss which populations are seen as the most underrepresented in oncology clinical trials.

Published: February 11th 2025 | Updated: