Disparity Matters

Black American women less likely to get superior 3-D mammograms

Despite the fact that Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) is considered to be the “better mammogram” for breast cancer screening and is becoming the standard of care in the U.S., Black women were less likely to receive this screening and more likely to receive conventional mammography. That was the finding of a recent study of more

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Why and what we can do about glaring disparities in lung cancer screening and treatment based on race

Why don’t people from minority groups get equal treatment when it comes to lung cancer screening and care? A report from the American Lung Association finds that African Americans are 16% less likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer early, 19% less likely to receive surgical treatment, and 7% more likely to not receive any

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Biden administration must increase access to quality prostate cancer health care for Black men

The COVID-19 pandemic has left millions of Americans unemployed and without health insurance. The negative socio-economic and health repercussions of the pandemic are disproportionately affecting Black Americans, which will compound the current impact of prostate cancer on Black men, says Thomas Farrington (above), president and founder of the Prostate Health Education Network and a prostate

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Older, low-income African American men less likely to be screened with PSA testing

Men who were older, low-income and African American are less likely to be screened for prostate cancer with PSA testing because they didn’t know about it, according to a review of 17 studies, says Marlo Vernon of the Medical College of Georgia. Younger men tend to be more knowledgeable about screening and want to make

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