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A Seat at the Research Table

On this page, you can read about the perspectives of the many people who are part of research & advocacy related to endometrial cancer among Black people.

You will find articles about how ECANA ambassadors are getting involved with research partnership. You will also find articles about how endometrial cancer researchers approach their work. 

Research Roundtable: Black Women's Experiences Before the Diagnosis

Research Roundtable: Black Women's Experiences Before an Endometrial Cancer Diagnosis

Research Partnership in Action: ECANA at NRG Oncology

ECANA Steering Group Patient Advisor, Adrienne Moore was invited to be an NRG Oncology Patient Advocate Committee (PAC) representative for the Uterine Corpus and the Health Disparities Committees. Read about her experience attending the 2019 Annual… Read More

ECANA attends the PCORI Annual Conference

 

October, 2018

Two of ECANA’s patient advisor steering group members – Margie and Adrienne – were awarded an opportunity attend the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) national conference in October. The team… Read More

Martha Jean Williams Finds a Seat at the Research Table

As a community member, involvement in research can mean many different things. Ms. Martha Jean Williams got involved with research not as a study participant, but as an advisor to the research team. As an African-American woman who experienced… Read More

"Endometrial carcinoma recurrence according to race and ethnicity": Q&A with Dr. Ashley Felix

Read Q&A with endometrial cancer researcher, Dr. Ashley Felix, to learn about her take on some of the newest findings about endometrial cancer recurrence affecting Black women and her most recent article: "Endometrial carcinoma recurrence according… Read More