Cases of breast cancer in U.S. Asian or Pacific Islander women increased an average of 1.4 percent per year between 2005 and 2018, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That was far more than any other racial or ethnic group. During about the same time period, cases in […]
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New recommendations for who should get CT lung cancer screening may provide more access to screening for African Americans, according to a new study that looked at how the new criteria would have worked in the past. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in 2021 changed its lung cancer screening eligibility guidelines to include adults
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Black women diagnosed with stage I endometrial cancer were more likely than White women to die of the cancer across all tumor types other than clear cell, despite receiving similar rates of treatment with chemotherapy or radiation. That was the finding of a study of over 24,000 women with surgically-staged endometrial cancer during 2000-2016. Survival
HPV causes vaginal, vulvar and anal cancers, in addition to cervical cancer, but the HPV vaccine seems to prevent these cancers as well. Analyzing data from 2000 to 2017, Mona Saraiya, MD (above), and her colleagues found that after the HPV vaccine was introduced, high-grade vulvar precancer rates fell by 21 percent a year in
Breast MRIs find more cancer in high-risk women than mammography or ultrasound, so the American College of Radiology recommends that women at higher risk for breast cancer undergo annual breast MRIs. But a new study of 2,431 women at three breast imaging centers found that less than 20 percent of high-risk women got the MRIs,
Black and Hispanic smokers are still less likely to be eligible for lung cancer screenings than white counterparts, despite a federal effort to expand the screenings to more individuals. The change did increase overall eligibility from 11 percent to 14 percent of adults, but existing disparities among racial and ethnic groups persisted, according to researcher
Although Black men appeared to have more aggressive disease when they enrolled in clinical trials of radiation therapy for prostate cancer, their treatment outcomes and disease-specific outcomes were better than those of their white counterparts. That’s the “unexpected result” researchers found in a meta-analysis of seven randomized trials. “These results provide high-level evidence challenging the
Non-Whites were less likely than Whites to follow-up the finding of potentially malignant nodules found on chest scans for lung cancer, according to a study of 1,843 patients diagnosed in 2016. “Unless a biopsy is performed (only feasible in a small proportion of nodules), the most effective way to discern benign versus malignant is to
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Among older men and women with colorectal cancer, those living in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods were 33 percent more likely to die from their cancer during the years 2008 to 2017 than men and women living in the least disadvantaged neighborhoods. Those in the poorer neighborhoods were more likely to be Black. Cary Gross (above)
Among older men and women with lung cancer, those living in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods were 16 percent more likely to die from their cancer during the years 2008 to 2017 than men and women living in the least disadvantaged neighborhoods. Those in the poorer neighborhoods were more likely to be Black. Cary Gross (above)
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