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  • Cancer Health Disparities
  • Social Epidemiology

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  • Cancer health disparities reflect inequalities in incidence, outcomes, and survivorship.
  • Disparities result from interplay between genetic susceptibility, epigenetic dysregulation, and social determinants of health (SDoH).

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  • Propose DNA damage and genomic instability as a mechanistic bridge linking SDoH to cellular dysfunction.
  • Synthesize evidence on how SDoH, genetic, and epigenetic factors increase DNA damage and accelerate tumorigenesis in marginalized communities.
  • Illustrate disparity mechanisms using elevated gastrointestinal cancer rates in Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NH/PI) as a case study.

Main Methods:

  • Reviewing evidence on SDoH, genetic/epigenetic factors, and DNA damage.
  • Examining advances in DNA damage research, single-cell genomics, biomarker discovery, and computational modeling.
  • Proposing a translational framework linking social exposure data to molecular biomarkers of DNA damage.

Main Results:

  • SDoH, environmental exposures, and chronic stress disproportionately increase DNA damage burden and impair repair.
  • Interactions between historical, environmental, and socioeconomic factors with biological pathways drive cancer disparities.
  • Innovations in genomics and modeling can unravel the etiology of cancer disparities.

Conclusions:

  • Addressing cancer equity requires interdisciplinary strategies bridging molecular oncology, public health, and community research.
  • Targeting root causes where social inequities become biologically embedded as genomic instability is essential.
  • A framework linking social exposures to molecular biomarkers is crucial for mechanistic understanding of disparities.