Black patients diagnosed with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer since 2017 were less likely than White patients to be tested for biomarkers that can guide treatment, according to a study of 64,000 medical records led by Debora Bruno of Case Western Reserve University (above). Black patients were less likely to ever undergo throughout their diagnosis […]
The 5-year survival for adults with early-onset colorectal cancer (diagnosed younger than age 50) improved for White, but not Black, Hispanic or Asian patients between 1992 and 2013, according to a new analysis. Researchers analyzed the medical records of more than 33,000 patients diagnosed between 1992 and 2013 and found that 5-year relative survival ranged
Carol L. Brown, MD “We have an epidemic of endometrial cancer in Black women in this country” “We have an epidemic of endometrial cancer in this country and it is disproportionately affecting Black women. “The number of endometrial cancer cases has increased by 57 percent in the last 10 years. This is not seen in
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Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders experience poorer breast cancer survival outcomes that are hidden when their data is included in Asian populations, Stanford researcher says. Studies of early-stage breast cancer outcomes frequently conclude that Asian American and Pacific Islanders fare better than non-Hispanic whites. But “Asian American and Pacific Islanders” is a broad umbrella
Five-year survival rates for early-onset colorectal cancer improved over a 20-year period only among White patients, with no improvements for Black, Asian or Hispanic patients, according to a new study of 34,000 men and women. Early-onset colorectal occurs in adults younger than 50. “Our most stunning finding was that even over this 20-year span, Blacks
Healthy People 2020 was a national public health goal to increase the percentage of women between the ages of 50 and 74 who receive breast cancer screening every two years to 81 percent by the year 2020. Only 9 states and one territory are meeting that goal: Massachusetts 87%Rhode Island 85%Hawaii 84%Puerto Rico and Maine
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Black women with early hormone receptor (HR)–positive breast cancer appear to have significantly worse survival compared with White women, according to a retrospective analysis led by Gelareh Sadigh, MD (above), of the Emory University School of Medicine of a study of more than 10,000 women. Black women were about 40 percent more likely to have
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Screening for prostate cancer with the prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test has favorable tradeoffs, particularly for Black men, according to a new study. Previous calculations over a decade ago estimated that, at best, one death was prevented for every 23 men diagnosed with prostate cancer as a consequence of PSA screening. This suggested that
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Hispanic men diagnosed with prostate cancer have significant variations in their risk for aggressive cancer, based on their nation of origin, and are less likely to be treated for high-risk disease, according to a new study of more than 895,000 men. “Hispanic men in general have a greater chance of presenting with higher-risk localized prostate
Decreased cervical cancer rates in the United States, most notably among younger women, is linked to the introduction of the HPV vaccine and its increased use, according to a new study of of more than 650,000 HPV-associated cancers. Before the vaccine was approved in 2006, cervical cancer rates in women ages 20 to 24 were
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