Men of African ancestry inherit about twice the prostate cancer risk on average compared to men of European ancestry, while men of Asian ancestry inherit about three-quarter the risk of their white counterparts — evidence that genetics play some part in the differences in how often cancer occurs in different racial groups. The study by […]
Black men have the highest lung cancer mortality of all racial and ethnic groups. Lung cancer in the Black population is a multifactorial problem and to reduce the disparities, an understanding of all contributing variables in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment is imperative. This review article provides background on key factors that contribute to lung
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Triple Negative Breast Cancer is more common among African American and western sub-Saharan African breast cancer patients compared with White/Caucasian Americans. In a number of studies, striking similarities in disease epidemiology, risk factors, tumor biology, and genetics were observed between African and African American breast cancer patients, suggesting that West African ancestry is associated with
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The disparity between the mortality rates of Black and White women is shocking, especially given the technological and cultural advancements of today, and leaves one with many questions. How can this be? Some researchers have a few ideas, namely insufficient screening and treatment, as well as genetic and biological predispositions that differ from other ethnic
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Diagnoses of breast cancer in its early stage increased in minority Pennsylvania women aged 50 to 64 after implementation of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). There was no similar increase in women aged 68 to 74, perhaps because they already enrolled in Medicare. “The Affordable Care Act expanded access to affordable insurance coverage, making it
Nathaniel Jones (above) wants to know why Black women have worse outcomes from endometrial cancer, the most common gynecologic cancer in women in the United States, and what can be done to improve their odds. ““We have a large population of Black women who we treat here, and it is difficult knowing that they will
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Black women diagnosed with early breast cancer were about twice as like as white women to have obesity or high blood pressure and about four times as likely to have diabetes, according to a chart review of 548 women at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Despite the differences in obesity and underlying
Black women experience less-favorable treatment outcomes than do white women – likely related to treatment delays. But those outcomes may also be influenced by another factor, social isolation, said Dr. Kemi Doll (above), an oncologist-gynecologist who specializes in endometrial cancer at the University of Washington. “Black women are uniquely at risk for social isolation due
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Among patients with lung cancer from Latin America, Native American ancestry was associated with increased mutations in the EGFR gene. EGFR is the gene that produces a protein called epidermal growth factor receptor which helps cells grow and divide. Many lung cancers are now treatable with targeted therapy or immunotherapy, so it is very important
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Black women are less likely to be offered hypofractionated radiation therapy, an increasingly popular breast cancer treatment, than White women. Hypofractionated radiation therapy, also called hypofractionation, aims to destroy cancer cells in the breast, but with larger radiation doses in fewer overall sessions. Whereas conventional radiation typically requires 25 to 30 sessions, hypofractionation requires 15
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