“Not only are Black and African-American women more at risk for developing breast cancer than any other type of cancer, they’re also twice as likely to be diagnosed with triple negative and inflammatory breast cancers,” says Kerry-Ann McDonald, MD (above) a breast surgical oncologist at Lynn Cancer Institute in Boca Raton, Florida. Of even more […]
Racial segregation may help explain why Black Americans with lung cancer do more poorly than their white counterparts, a new study suggests. Black patients with lung cancer in the most segregated U.S. counties were 49 percent more likely to be diagnosed at an advanced stage, compared to those living in the least segregated counties. And
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Colon cancer is particularly devastating for Black people. Even though this cancer is treatable, if not preventable when caught early, African Americans – specifically black men – tend to have lower screening rates. Delayed screening can result in late diagnosis, at a more advanced stage, resulting in lower survival rates. The 2020 death of actor
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Latinas are especially vulnerable to cervical cancer and more likely to be diagnosed with it than any other racial or ethnic group. It is critical that we understand how policy shapes Latinas’ health care experiences and that we commit to knocking down the barriers that many face in accessing health care. While it is clear
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Black patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who lived in the most segregated U.S. counties were more likely to be diagnosed at an advanced stage than Blacks living in the least segregated counties. Researchers studied the medical records and residences of more than 125,000 White and Black patients diagnosed with NSCLC from 2004 to
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“It is unfortunate that the passing of Chadwick Boseman is what had to happen to bring increased awareness around colorectal cancer, but so many people have told me that after his passing they spoke with their family about it and learned that a relative had colorectal cancer, so they underwent screening,” said gastroenterologist Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa
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Expanding eligibility for lung cancer screening by lowering the required minimum age and intensity of smoking in order to increase the number of Black smokers screened does not reduce the racial disparity in who gets screened. Based on an awareness that the rate of cigarette smoking and the age at diagnosis tend to be lower
The colons of African Americans and people of European descent age differently, new research reveals, which may help explain racial disparities in colorectal cancer. One side of the colon ages biologically faster than the other in both African Americans (the right side) and people of European descent (the left side), University of Virginia researchers Dr.
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Black women have higher recurrence and mortality rates than non-Hispanic white women for certain types of breast cancer, according to a study of more than 70,000 U.S. patients. “We found there was a much higher mortality rate for African American women with the most common subtype of breast cancer event when they are diagnosed at
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Black patients are more susceptible to the carcinogenic effects of smoking, lung cancer screening criteria for low radiation CT exclude two-thirds of susceptible patients, the screening test is ordered less frequently, and treatment for lung cancer in Black patients is less aggressive. An interview with Samuel Cykert, professor of medicine at the University of North
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