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Removing obstacles to completing radiation treatment for lung cancer erases survival gap between Black and White patients

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Identifying and addressing obstacles that kept patients from finishing radiation treatments for early-stage breast cancer erases the survival gap between Black and white patients, according to a new study led by Matthew A. Manning, MD (above), a radiation oncologist in Greensboro, North Carolina. The changes included an electronic health record with automatic alerts to flag […]

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Lung cancer death rates highest in states with lowest screening rates

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“On the leaderboard for lung cancer mortality, Kentucky is number 1, Mississippi, number 2, Arkansas number 3, and Tennessee and West Virginia at number 4 and 5. At number 6 is Alabama, and then you have the Carolinas and Louisiana,” says Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, MD (above), of the Baptist Cancer Center in Memphis, Tennessee. “If

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Low-quality mammography leads to more breast cancer deaths in Chicago Black women

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Black women are dying of breast cancer at higher rates compared with white women in Chicago, but the reason is not just a lack of access to mammography, David Ansell, MD (above) of Rush University and his colleagues discovered. It was lack of access to quality mammography. Large-volume screening centers have higher-quality scores than lower-volume

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Lung Cancer Risk Nearly Eliminated By Quitting Smoking Before Age 45

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Smokers who kick the habit before age 45 can nearly eliminate their excess risk of dying from lung or other cancers, a new study of more than 400,000 smokers estimates. Smokers died of cancer at three times the rate of nonsmokers. However, smokers who managed to quit by age 45 lowered that excess risk by

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Removing obstacles to completing radiation treatment for breast cancer erases survival gap between Black and White women

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Blacks have higher risk than Whites for death from cervical cancer, anal cancer, and throat cancer

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Blacks in the U.S. were significantly more likely than Whites to die from cervical, anal or throat cancer during the years 2007 and 2015. Eric Adjei Boakye (above) and his colleagues analyzed the medical records of more than 77,000 adults with these cancers. Hispanics were more likely to die of throat cancer, but less likely

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Breast Cancer Prediction Tool Developed for Black Women

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A risk prediction model for breast cancer in U.S. Black women, suitable for use in primary care settings, has been developed and evaluated by researchers at Boston University. “Because U.S. Black women have a disproportionately high rate of breast cancer deaths, improvement in early detection of breast cancer in this population is critical, especially in

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Hawaiian, Filipino and Japanese women more likely to develop an invasive second breast cancer after earlier ductal carcinoma in situ

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Among women in Hawaii diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a non-invasive or pre-invasive breast cancer, Native Hawaiian, Filipino, and Japanese women were significantly more likely to develop an invasive second breast cancer compared with White and Chinese women. The number of DCIS diagnoses in recent years has increased due in part to improvements

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Would starting mammography at 40 reduce disparity in Black women’s deaths?

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If Black women begin mammography screening every other year starting at age 40, breast cancer deaths could be reduced by 57 percent compared to starting screening 10 years later according to a new analysis. It’s the first to use modeling to elucidate modern breast cancer screening strategies that best achieve equity in screening outcomes and

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Black women less likely than White women to survive endometrial cancer even with equal medical care

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In a study of nearly 1,600 women in the U.S. military, Black women diagnosed with endometrial cancer were 64 percent more likely to die from the cancer than White women, even though both groups received equal quality of health care. This disparity was confined to patients with low-risk cancer, defined as stage I/II disease or

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