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Black Patients Less Likely to Get High-Tech Prostate Cancer Therapy

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Use of a high-tech radiation cancer treatment called proton beam therapy (PBT) has increased overall in the United States, but Black patients are getting it less often than white patients, two new studies show. Traditional radiation treatment is photon-based, but PBT uses protons to deliver high-energy beams more precisely to tumors and reduce damage to […]

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Long distances to screening may perpetuate disparities in colorectal cancer for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives

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About one-third of the closest colorectal cancer screening facilities for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives was more than 200 miles away, according to a new study. The average distance for the two-thirds of facilities within 200 miles was about 80 miles. American Indian and Alaskan Natives have nearly three times higher incidence rates of colorectal

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Long distances to screening may perpetuate disparities in lung cancer for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives

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About one-quarter of the closest lung cancer screening facilities for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives was more than 200 miles away, according to a new study. The average distance for the three-quarters of facilities within 200 miles was about 44 miles. American Indian and Alaskan Natives have nearly three times higher incidence rates of lung

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Lower breast cancer incidence in Asian women may be due to lower mammography rate

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The lower breast cancer incidence seen in Asian American women may be caused by a lower screening mammography rate in this group, according to a study of nearly 8,000 women. Researchers found that Asian Americans were one-third less likely to have had a mammogram within the past two years compared with White women. This was

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Non-White women more likely to have side effects from breast cancer radiation therapy underrecognized

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Physicians fail to detect significant side effects in about half of their women patients, especially non-White patients, undergoing breast radiation therapy, according to a new study. Researchers studied patient reports of pain, itching, swelling, and fatigue in more than 13,000 women who underwent radiation after lumpectomies between 2012 and 2020. They then compared the results

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FDA proposes ban on menthol cigarettes

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. “The proposed rules would help prevent children from becoming the next generation of smokers and help adult smokers quit,” U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said that the proposed bans would “reduce the

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Among younger women with breast cancer, Blacks are more likely than Whites to die of the disease

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Black women had a 21% increased risk of dying from breast cancer compared with White women in a study of more than 21,000 women 40 and younger who were diagnosed with breast cancer between 2010 and 2016. White women survived an average of 4 months longer than Black women. Already the most common cancer among

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Black Veterans do as well or better than Whites with lung cancer care in VA

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Black Veterans with lung cancer receive comparable care, resulting in equivalent, if not superior, treatment outcomes as White Veterans at the Veterans Administration, according to a study by VA St. Louis researchers. Previous research in the general population has shown that Black patients are less likely than White patients to undergo surgery for lung cancer.

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One-dose HPV vaccine as effective as two-dose

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Uterine (endometrial) cancer deaths have been increasing in the United States, particularly among Black women. New research appears to pinpoint a cause. A rare but aggressive type of cancer known as Type 2 endometrial cancer is more difficult to treat and was responsible for 20% of cases and 45% of deaths identified in a new

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Medicaid expansion ends racial disparity in 2-year survival from de novo stage IV breast cancer

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Expansion of Medicaid eliminated the disparity in survival between racial and ethnic minority women and White women after diagnosis of de novo stage IV breast cancer. In 19 states, two-year survival was 64 percent for White women and 56 percent for minority women before Medicaid expansion and about 71-72 percent for all women after Medicaid

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