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Continuing unequal burden of tobacco use in communities experiencing health disparities

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Progress on tobacco control has not been equal because in communities experiencing health disparities. we continue to see the unequal burden of tobacco use,  says Harold Wimmer, President and CEO of the American Lung Association (above). “Menthol cigarettes remain a key factor for tobacco-related death and disease in Black communities, with close to 81% of […]

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Young Blacks and Hispanics have increased risk of distant-stage colorectal cancer

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In a study of more than 103,000 patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer between 2000 and 2016, people between 20 and 39 years old had the steepest increase in distant-stage (advanced) early-onset (before age 50) colorectal cancer. The biggest increase in proportion of colon cancers that were distant stage occurred in Blacks in their 20s and

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Federal and local governments not doing enough to prevent cervical cancer deaths in Black women

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The United States federal and many state and local governments are not doing enough to end cervical cancer deaths, the Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative for Economic and Social Justice (SRBWI) and Human Rights Watch said in a report today issued during cervical cancer awareness month and focused on the state of Georgia. In 2021,

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Why Black women need to be screened for cervical cancer

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While all women can develop cervical cancer, Black women are more likely to be diagnosed and die of cervical cancer, compared to white women in the U.S., says Olivia Cardenas-Trowers, MD, a Mayo Clinic urogynecologist (above). This disparity is not due to genetic differences among white, Black or Hispanic women, but rather related to systemic

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Sexual problems after prostate cancer surgery may be more common in Black men

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Black men with prostate cancer reported worse problems with sexual and urinary function after surgery to remove their prostates than White men who underwent the same surgery. Researchers analyzed the medical records of 1,006 men diagnosed with prostate cancer from 2007 to 2017 at four military institutions and at civilian medical facilities in Washington state.

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Asian and Hispanic women less likely to be screened for cervical cancer

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Asian and Hispanic women were much less likely than White and Black women to be currently following cervical cancer screening recommendations, according to a nationally representative survey of more than 20,000 women. About 30 percent of Asian and Hispanic women ages 21 to 65 were not up-to-date with their screening, compared with about 22 percent

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Black men who get timely treatment for prostate cancer less likely than White men to have the cancer spread

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In the largest study so far of military veterans with prostate cancer, Black men were twice as likely to be diagnosed with the cancer but had an 11 percent lower risk of the cancer spreading if they were received timely and appropriate treatment. While there was no difference between White and Black men in the

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New lung cancer screening guidelines may reduce disparities

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New recommendations for who should get CT lung cancer screening may provide more access to screening for African Americans, according to a new study that looked at how the new criteria would have worked in the past. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in 2021 changed its lung cancer screening eligibility guidelines to include adults

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Vulvar, vaginal and anal precancer rates decreased or stabilized after introduction of HPV vaccine

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HPV causes vaginal, vulvar and anal cancers, in addition to cervical cancer, but the HPV vaccine seems to prevent these cancers as well. Analyzing data from 2000 to 2017, Mona Saraiya, MD (above), and her colleagues found that after the HPV vaccine was introduced, high-grade vulvar precancer rates fell by 21 percent a year in

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