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Cervical Cancer Incidence and Mortality Vary Among Racial/Ethnic Groups

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Cervical adenocarcinoma is less likely to be diagnosed in Black women, but its mortality rate is higher compared with White women. In the United States, incidence of cervical cancer has been declining in recent years overall, but incidence of cervical adenocarcinoma has been increasing. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute and other institutions analyzed 75,422 […]

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Breast cancer disparity equally driven by social determinants of health and tumor biology

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A new study of more than 60,000 Black and White women diagnosed with stage 1 and stage 2 estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers, the most common type of breast cancer that generally has the most favorable prognosis, validates the role of social determinants of health as a root cause of racial disparities in breast cancer outcomes,

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Black patients wait longer for endometrial cancer testing and diagnosis

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Black women with possible endometrial cancer were more likely than White women to experience testing delays or to not receive recommended tests at all, in a study of more than 44 million Medicaid patients across the United States. Early diagnosis of uterine cancer is known to improve a patient’s chances for survival. In the study,

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Black women diagnosed with breast cancer from 2005 to 2022 less likely to receive curative treatment at Ohio cancer center

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Black women diagnosed with breast cancer between 2005 and 2022 at a Ohio cancer center were less likely than White women to undergo curative intent surgery or receive endocrine therapy, according to a new study of more than 17,000 patients. Curative treatment aims to remove as much of the cancer as possible and extend the

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Majority of Americans support blocking sales of all tobacco products, CDC study says

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A majority of adults in the United States support policies that prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes and all tobacco products according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC survey assessed support for commercial tobacco retail policies among 6,455 U.S. adults. Overall, about 57% of adults supported a

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Medicaid Expansion Associated With Improved Breast Cancer Outcomes

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Patients with breast cancer who live in Southern states that have Medicaid expansion were more likely to receive treatment for their disease and less likely to have advanced cancer at the time of diagnosis, according to recent research. The researchers on the study looked at patients who were uninsured or on Medicaid who were diagnosed

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How new tobacco laws could help close the racial gap in lung cancer deaths

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This interactive examines how nationwide bans on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, as proposed by the Biden administration could help shrink the racial gap on U.S. lung cancer death rates. We assess and illustrate how the proposed FDA ban on menthol cigarettes could affect U.S. cancer inequities had they gone into effect in 2021. We

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Black, Asian and Hispanic women less likely to be screened for cervical cancer according to late 2022 survey

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Three of four women say they have received a cervical cancer screening at some point in their lives, according to an online national survey of 3,204 women conducted in November and December, 2022. However, White women are more likely to have received a cervical cancer screening (81%) than Black women (65%), Asian women (66%), and

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Many lung cancer patients on Medicaid don’t receive up-to-date effective therapy

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About one third of Medicaid patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer, the most common type of lung cancer, are not receiving new FDA-approved targeted therapy, a new study of Medicaid programs suggests. Targeted therapy is a treatment for patients who have certain abnormalities in their tumors. Some new lung cancer treatments can “target” these

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Black women with breast cancer face treatment delays more frequently than White women in North Carolina

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Among more than 32,000 patients with breast cancer in North Carolina, Black women were twice as likely as White women to experience of 60 days between diagnosis and treatment. “On average, about one in seven Black women in our study experienced a lengthy delay, but this risk varied depending on where the woman lives in

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