Computer models fill critical knowledge gaps to help reduce cancer disparities and advance health equity

Reducing health disparities in incidence and mortality for major types of cancers can be aided by sophisticated computer modeling efforts, according to new, wide-ranging perspectives from researchers at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues around the country. The collection of articles appears in the November 8, 2023, special issue of JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute and is devoted to outlining a path forward in cancer disparities modeling.