Description of Research Expertise
Health disparities
Barriers to accessing cancer screening
Barriers to accessing clinical trials
Colorectal cancer screening
Breast cancer screening
Health literacy
Participation in Cancer Clinical Trials by Underserved Populations
Selected Publications
Herrera C, Guerra C, Narayan V, Guzzo TJ, Lee DJ, Mamtani R, Tasian G, Talwar R.: Financial burden of prostate cancer survivorship: a national cross-sectional assessment of subjective financial distress. The Journal of Urology in press : 2021.
Guerra CE, Sallee V, Hwang W, Bryant B, Washington AL, Takvorian SU, Schnoll R, Glanz K, Cohen RB, Nathanson KL, Vonderheide RH.: Accrual of Black participants to cancer clinical trials following a five-year prospective initiative of community outreach and engagement (oral presentation at American Society of Clinical Oncology) J Clin Oncol 39 (15): 100,2021.
Guerra CE, Kelly S, Redlinger C, Hernández P, Glanz K.: Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Treatment Trials Accrual: A Closer Look at Participation Rates. Am J Clin Oncol 44 : 227-231 ,2021.
Steinkamp J, Anyanwu EC, Adeli B, Childs CB, Guerra CE, Airan-Javia SL: Words Matter: What is the Prevalence of Stigmatizing Language within the EHR? (Poster). American Medical Informatics Association's Clinical Informatics Virtual Conference : 2021.
Takvorian SU, Guerra CE, Schpero WL.: A Hidden Opportunity — Medicaid’s Role in Supporting Equitable Access to Clinical Trials. N Engl J Med 384 : 1975-1978,2021.
Washington A, Miles L, Melendez C, Bryant B, Auchus A, Goldberg M, Melnick S, Way J, Grant D, Highsmith K, Guerra CE: Drive By Flu-FIT: a Novel Way to Mitigate the Decrease in Colorectal Cancer Screening during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Oral Presentation at American Association of Cancer Research: COVID-19 and Cancer ). Clinical Cancer Research 27 (6): 1583,2021.
Carr RM, Lane-Fall MB, South E, Brady D, Momplaisir F, Guerra CE, Montoya-Williams D, Dalembert G, Lavizzo-Mourey R, Hamilton R.: Academic careers may be casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic for many minority researchers: Strategies to Stem the Tide Science Translational Medicine 13 (584): 2021.
Guerra CE, Verderame E, Nicholson A, Wan L, Brook A: A Plan-Do-Study-Act Approach to the Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Patient Navigation Program to Reduce Breast Cancer Screening Disparities in Un- and Underinsured, Racially and Ethnically Diverse Urban Women.
Front Public Health 9 : 106,2021.
Doykos PM, Chen MS, Watson K, Henderson V, Baskin ML, Downer S, , Smith LA, Bhavaraju N, Dina S, Lathan CS.: Special Convening and Listening Session on Health Equity and Community Outreach and Engagement at National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers Health Equity 5.1 : 2021.
Doykos PM, Chen MS, Watson K, Henderson V, Baskin ML, Downer S, Smith LA, Bhavaraju N, Dina S, Lathan CS.: Recommendations from a Dialogue on Evolving National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center Community Outreach and Engagement Requirements: A Path Forward Health Equity 5.1 : 2021.
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Academic Contact Information
Abramson Cancer Center
12-107 South Pavilion
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia,
PA
19104
Phone: 215-349-5200
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366