Cancer researchers' perceptions of the importance of the sex of cell lines, animals, and human samples for cancer biology research.

Özdemir, Berna C; Richters, Anke; Espinosa da Silva, Cristina; Berner, Alison May (2023). Cancer researchers' perceptions of the importance of the sex of cell lines, animals, and human samples for cancer biology research. iScience, 26(4), p. 106212. Elsevier 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106212

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Sex differences in cancer risk and outcome are currently a topic of major interest in clinical oncology. It is however unknown to what extent cancer researchers consider sex as a biological variable for their research. We conducted an international survey among 1243 academic cancer researchers and collected both quantitative and qualitative data. Although most of the participants indicated that they were familiar with the concept of studying sex differences in cancer biology, they did not think it was important to investigate sex differences in every context of cancer research nor in all tumor types. This is in stark contrast to the current recommendations and guidelines and illustrates the need for increased awareness among cancer researchers regarding the potential impact of the sex of cell lines, animals, and human samples in their studies.

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