Black women with lupus have a higher risk of cervical cancer, and are more likely die from the disease than women of other races. ““Women with SLE have a weak immune system, which makes them more susceptible to infection and makes it more difficult to get rid of any HPV infection of the cervix,” says […]
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Medical mistrust is one reason why African American patients are more likely to have regrets about their choice of treatment for prostate cancer, suggests a study of 1,112 men treated for localized prostate cancer between 2010 and 2016. About 40 percent of the patients eere African American. Because their cancer hasn’t spread beyond the prostate
Eligible Black lung cancer patients are likely not receiving biomarker testing and tailored treatment as often as their white counterparts. With the discovery of numerous targeted therapies, some lung cancer patients may be eligible to take a pill that “targets” their specific type of lung cancer. Testing to see if a patient is eligible for
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Nearly half of nonsmoking Black persons had evidence in their blood of exposure to secondhand smoke, compared with less than a quarter of nonsmoking Whites and one-sixth of Mexican Americans. That is the finding of a nationally-representative health survey of Americans in 2017-2018. Secondhand smoke is one of the causes of sudden infant death syndrome,
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Women who experience food or housing insecurities are more likely to take longer between breast imaging and follow-up consultations, putting them at greater risk for undiagnosed breast cancer. They are more likely to miss their follow-up appointments, according to research at the Boston University School of Medicine. Researchers examined medical records from two groups of
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Black men with slow-growing prostate cancer were less likely than White men to undergo active surveillance, according to a study of U.S. cases in 2014-2015. In those years, 42 percent of Black patients were treated with active surveillance, compared with 55 percent of White men. Studies find that men with low-risk prostate cancer and under
When we look at disparities in lung cancer, we have to look at our health care structure and how it provides access to people of color. We do know that African Americans are screened less than white Americans. So how can we fix that? One is through education of our care providers. We need to
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Compared with the privately insured, women with public or no insurance had a higher risk for advanced breast cancer, a more-than 60-day treatment delay, and death from breast cancer, according to new research. Using the Missouri Cancer Registry, this analysis included 31,485 women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer from January 1, 2007, to December 31,
People of color diagnosed with lung cancer face worse outcomes compared to white Americans, according to the American Lung Association’s 3rd annual “State of Lung Cancer” report in November 2020. This year’s report for the first time explores the lung cancer burden among racial and ethnic groups at the national and state levels. Contributing to
Only about 55 percent of individuals at greater risk of developing lung cancer are getting screened for lung cancer in the United States, according to a review of 15 studies that included nearly 17,000 subjects. Checking high-risk current and former smokers for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography has been proven to save lives. Whites
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