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White Women with Inflammatory Breast Cancer Continue to Live Longer than Black Women

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Women with inflammatory breast cancer — a rare, highly aggressive form of the disease — are living about twice as long after diagnosis than their counterparts in the mid-to-late 1970s. But white patients today still tend to live about two years longer than their Black peers, according to a new study from the University of […]

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Racial Disparities in Management of Colorectal Cancer Spreading to the Liver

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Black patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer in California were less likely to receive chemotherapy and had a 17 percent higher chance of death compared with White patients. “These troubling statistics are the result of a disparity in access to health care,” said Mustafa Raoof, MD, a surgical oncologist at City of Hope in Southern California.

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Disparities in Triple Negative Breast Cancer

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Not only is there a higher prevalence of triple-negative breast cancer in African American women, they tend to be diagnosed at a more advanced stage, says Coral Omene, MD, PhD (above), medical oncologist at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Compared with other subtypes of breast cancer, they have different risk factors for this disease.

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Spanish-only speakers less likely to be screened for breast cancer

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Spanish-only speakers appear to have a 27-percent less likelihood of having a screening mammogram than English speakers, according to a new study of women ages 40 and above living in the United States. That translates to an estimated 450,000 women nationwide who are eligible for – but have never had – a screening mammogram. The

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Pivotal role that preventive care has in driving some of the colorectal cancer disparities

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U.S. News data analysts took a closer look at disparities in colon cancer and found stark differences in who was diagnosed, at what stage, and how they fared. Black, Hispanic and low socioeconomic status patients were less likely to be screened, more likely to be admitted for an emergent procedure, and had an increased risk

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Different screening guidelines may identify more Blacks with lung cancer

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A new model for lung cancer screening may ensure that African Americans at risk for lung cancer are no longer undercounted, according to researchers. Studies suggest that African American ever-smokers at high risk for lung cancer may benefit from screening more than any other racial/ethnic group. However, the current criteria for screening established by the

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Famed sportscaster speaks out about being diagnosed with prostate cancer

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Sportscaster Brian Custer was at the pinnacle of his career covering college football and basketball for Fox Sports when a free prostate cancer screening at work changed everything. “The doctor said, ‘Listen, there’s no easy way to tell you this, Brian, but you’ve got cancer and it’s aggressive’.” Just 40 years old at the time,

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Black women with breast cancer experience delayed, longer treatment than whites

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One in seven black women with breast cancer experienced delays in starting treatment, compared with one in 12 white women. And Black women were also more likely to have longer duration of treatment, as were women under the age of 50 of all races, according to a study of 2,841 women with breast cancer. Black

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“The promotion of lung cancer screening to the U.S. Hispanic population has been a disaster”

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We have data since 2011 that there is a 20 precent reduced lung cancer mortality with low-dose CT lung cancer screening, says Luis E. Raez, MD, of Memorial Cancer Institute/Florida International University in Miami. It took Medicare and payers more than 5 years to agree that the benefit is worth it and they started to

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Boseman’s death has reignited discussions about rising cases of colorectal cancer in young adults

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Many of us are still mourning the loss of actor Chadwick Boseman, who lost his battle with colon cancer in August 2020, at age 43. His untimely death has reignited discussions about the rising cases of colorectal cancer in young adults, particularly among the Black and African American community. “Black and African American men and

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