A discussion about lung cancer disparities with Zach Jump, national director of epidemiology and statistics for the American Lung Association and lead author of the recent State of Lung Cancer report, and Albert Rizzo, chief medical officer for the American Lung Association. See “Racial Disparities in Lung Cancer: Part 2 of a Special Series” by […]
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Lung cancer diagnosis occurs at later stages in minorities, and treatment differs, with Black patients receiving less surgical treatment than White patients. Surgery for stage I lung cancer is significantly less frequent in Black patients than White patients despite being the gold standard, and mortality is consequentially higher in Black than White patients. However, when
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Hispanic men with low-risk prostate cancer were 21 percent less likely than white men to be placed under active surveillance, the preferred otion for most patients in that situation. An analysis of nearly 80,000 cases of prostate cancer in the United States from 2010 to 2015 found that the use of active surveillance increased from
An elevated number of “exhausted,” nonfunctional T cells appears to be driving breast cancer tumors in patients of African descent to be more aggressive and hard-to-treat, according to new research from the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York. This finding opens the door to treatment interventions that could help to eliminate the
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Men of African ancestry inherit about twice the prostate cancer risk on average compared to men of European ancestry, while men of Asian ancestry inherit about three-quarter the risk of their white counterparts — evidence that genetics play some part in the differences in how often cancer occurs in different racial groups. The study by
Black men have the highest lung cancer mortality of all racial and ethnic groups. Lung cancer in the Black population is a multifactorial problem and to reduce the disparities, an understanding of all contributing variables in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment is imperative. This review article provides background on key factors that contribute to lung
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Triple Negative Breast Cancer is more common among African American and western sub-Saharan African breast cancer patients compared with White/Caucasian Americans. In a number of studies, striking similarities in disease epidemiology, risk factors, tumor biology, and genetics were observed between African and African American breast cancer patients, suggesting that West African ancestry is associated with
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The disparity between the mortality rates of Black and White women is shocking, especially given the technological and cultural advancements of today, and leaves one with many questions. How can this be? Some researchers have a few ideas, namely insufficient screening and treatment, as well as genetic and biological predispositions that differ from other ethnic
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Nathaniel Jones (above) wants to know why Black women have worse outcomes from endometrial cancer, the most common gynecologic cancer in women in the United States, and what can be done to improve their odds. ““We have a large population of Black women who we treat here, and it is difficult knowing that they will
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Diagnoses of breast cancer in its early stage increased in minority Pennsylvania women aged 50 to 64 after implementation of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). There was no similar increase in women aged 68 to 74, perhaps because they already enrolled in Medicare. “The Affordable Care Act expanded access to affordable insurance coverage, making it
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