Black men with slow-growing prostate cancer were less likely than White men to undergo active surveillance, according to a study of U.S. cases in 2014-2015. In those years, 42 percent of Black patients were treated with active surveillance, compared with 55 percent of White men. Studies find that men with low-risk prostate cancer and under […]
When we look at disparities in lung cancer, we have to look at our health care structure and how it provides access to people of color. We do know that African Americans are screened less than white Americans. So how can we fix that? One is through education of our care providers. We need to
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Compared with the privately insured, women with public or no insurance had a higher risk for advanced breast cancer, a more-than 60-day treatment delay, and death from breast cancer, according to new research. Using the Missouri Cancer Registry, this analysis included 31,485 women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer from January 1, 2007, to December 31,
People of color diagnosed with lung cancer face worse outcomes compared to white Americans, according to the American Lung Association’s 3rd annual “State of Lung Cancer” report in November 2020. This year’s report for the first time explores the lung cancer burden among racial and ethnic groups at the national and state levels. Contributing to
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Although African Americans start smoking cigarettes at an older age and usually smoke fewer cigarettes, they are more likely to die from smoking-related diseases than whites. Although the prevalence of cigarette smoking among African American and White adults is similar, African Americans smoke fewer cigarettes per day. On average, African Americans initiate smoking at a
Only about 55 percent of individuals at greater risk of developing lung cancer are getting screened for lung cancer in the United States, according to a review of 15 studies that included nearly 17,000 subjects. Checking high-risk current and former smokers for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography has been proven to save lives. Whites
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There are very strong reasons why we do need to look at tumor biology and genetics when we are trying to comprehensively understand the explanation for breast cancer disparities,” says Lisa Newman. Newman is a surgical oncologist who oversees the breast surgery program for the Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City
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Research on hereditary breast cancer has not included as many women with African ancestry as women with European ancestry. For that reason, less is known about the risk for women from these ethnic groups to have a genetic mutation that increases the risk of breast cancer. A study by one of the larger genetics laboratories
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Active surveillance is a safe option for Black men with low-risk prostate cancer, according to a new study of 8,726 men with low-risk prostate cancer who were followed for about 8 years. Since this cancer is known to often progress slowly, men with low-risk prostate cancer can sometimes forgo treatment and engage in “active surveillance.”
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