Black women were still far more likely to die of breast cancer than White women in Atlanta, despite being equally likely to get the recommended care for their cancer. Women who didn’t get the recommended treatments were more likely to die of breast cancer. “We observed that as clinical guidelines would suggest, failure to receive […]
Black patients were 33 percent less likely to followup the negative results of their lung cancer screening, according to a meta-analysis of seven studies. This gap persisted for all stages of lung cancer. See the abstract of the scientific paper “Racial Differences in Adherence to Lung Cancer Screening Follow-up: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis” by Yukiko
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Black women were 64% more likely to die from endometrial cancer than White women despite equal access to care. These results suggest “that factors other than access to care may be related to this racial disparity,” the researchers noted. The study included 1,583 U.S. women diagnosed with endometrial cancer between 1988 and 2013. In their
Black women are 40 percent and Hispanic women 11 percent more likely than White women to have an emnergency room visit within 90 days after breast cancer surgery, according to a study of 151,000 women in California. The study also found increased rates of emergency department visits for women covered by Medicaid and Medicare versus
A common measurement used to decide whether to biopsy for endometrial cancer missed far more cases of the disease among Black women vs. White women. One clinical strategy is to proceed to a diagnostic biopsy for endometrial cancer only when transvaginal ultrasonography screening shows the thickness of the endometrium is 4 mm or greater. But
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Somali women living in the U.S. have lower cervical cancer screening rates than the U.S. general female population. This disparity is due to a range of factors, including limited awareness of HPV and cervical cancer, cultural and religious beliefs, mistrust of healthcare providers, and concerns around modesty. See “NCI Clinical Trial Awarded to Reduce Cervical
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Black men were far less likely than White men to undergo prostate cancer surgery during the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania. “Prior to the pandemic, there was no difference in the rate of surgery for Black and white patients diagnosed with prostate cancer,” said Adrien Bernstein (above), MD, of the Fox Chase
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One in two Hispanic adults between 50 and 75 years of age are not getting tested as recommended, putting Hispanics at increased risk for advanced-stage colon cancer. Because of lower screening rates, colon cancer causes about 11 percent of cancer deaths among Hispanic males and nine percent of Hispanic females. See “Hispanics Are Less Likely
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Breast cancer mortality has decreased for all racial and ethnic groups over the past three decades, and Black and Latino women have seen greater improvements in survival, according to new study of invasive breast cancer in Florida over a 26-year period. Nonetheless, Black women continue to have substantially higher breast cancer mortality than white women.
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Frequent and long-term use of lye-based hair straightening products, or relaxers, may increase the risk of breast cancer among Black women, compared with more moderate use. Boston University’s Black Women’s Health Study followed 59,000 self-identified African American women for over 25 years, sending questionnaires every two years on new diagnoses and factors that might influence
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