Cancer disparities in Southeast Asia: intersectionality and a call to action

• Erin Jay G. Feliciano,
• Frances Dominique V. Ho,
• Kaisin Yee,
• Joseph A. Paguio,
• Michelle Ann B. Eala,
• Janine Patricia G. Robredo,
• Kenrick Ng,
• Jasmine Lim,
• Khin Thuzar Pyone,
• Catherine A. Peralta,
• Jerickson Abbie Flores,
• J. Seth Yao,
• Patricia Mae G. Santos,
• Christian Daniel U. Ang,
• Gideon Lasco,
• Jeffrey Shi Kai Chan,
• Gary Tse,
• Enrico D. Tangco,
• T. Peter Kingham,
• Imjai Chitapanarux,
• Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy,
• Gerardo D. Legaspi,
• Edward Christopher Dee

Affiliations

Erin Jay G. Feliciano

School of Medicine and Public Health, Ateneo de Manila University, Pasig City, Philippines; Department of Medicine, NYC H+H/Elmhurst, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, Queens, NY, USA

Frances Dominique V. Ho

University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines

Kaisin Yee

SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute, Singapore, Singapore

Joseph A. Paguio

Department of Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Michelle Ann B. Eala

University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Janine Patricia G. Robredo

School of Medicine and Public Health, Ateneo de Manila University, Pasig City, Philippines; Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA

Kenrick Ng

Department of Medical Oncology, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Bart’s Health NHS Trust, London, UK

Jasmine Lim

Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Khin Thuzar Pyone

Radiation Oncology Department, Yangon General Hospital Yangon, Myanmar

Catherine A. Peralta

Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA

Jerickson Abbie Flores

Department of Radiotherapy, Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Manila, Philippines

J. Seth Yao

Department of Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Patricia Mae G. Santos

Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

Christian Daniel U. Ang

Department of Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Surgery, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines

Gideon Lasco

Development Studies Program, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines; Department of Anthropology, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Jeffrey Shi Kai Chan

Cardio-oncology Research Unit, Cardiovascular Analytics Group, Hong Kong, China

Gary Tse

Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China; Kent and Medway Medical School, Canterbury, UK

Enrico D. Tangco

Department of Radiation Oncology, The Medical City, Pasig City, Philippines

T. Peter Kingham

Department of Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

Imjai Chitapanarux

Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy

Centre for Epidemiology and Evidence Based Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Gerardo D. Legaspi

Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, University of the Philippines Manila, Philippine General Hospital, Metro Manila, Philippines

Edward Christopher Dee

Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Corresponding author. Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA.