Annual PSA prostate cancer screening may be particularly important for Black men, suggests a new study of 45,834 veterans, aged 55–69 years, who were diagnosed with prostate cancer between 2004 and 2017. The study found that annual prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening significantly reduced the risk of dying from prostate cancer among Black men but not […]
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Black, Hispanic, and Asian prostate cancer patients encountered significant delays in receiving a more advanced, targeted form of radiation therapy during the years 2004 and 2017. Traditional radiation often exposes organs next to the tumor to the full dose of radiation. However, a new form of radiation called intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) matches the precise
Black and Hispanic stomach cancer patients encountered significant delays in receiving a more advanced, targeted form of radiation therapy during the years 2004 and 2017. Traditional radiation often exposes organs next to the tumor to the full dose of radiation. However, a new form of radiation called intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) matches the precise contours
Black, Hispanic, and Asian lung cancer patients encountered significant delays in receiving a more advanced, targeted form of radiation therapy during the years 2004 and 2017. Traditional radiation often exposes organs next to the tumor to the full dose of radiation. However, a new form of radiation called intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) matches the precise
Black, Hispanic, and Asian cervical cancer patients encountered significant delays in receiving a more advanced, targeted form of radiation therapy during the years 2004 and 2017. Traditional radiation often exposes organs next to the tumor to the full dose of radiation. However, a new form of radiation called intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) matches the precise
Among Hispanic Americans from different countries of origin, here are significant disparities in prostate cancer characteristics, treatment choice, and survival, based on a study of about 55,000 Hispanic American men diagnosed between 2004 and 2015. Mexicans had the least favorable prostate cancer characteristics at diagnosis, while Cubans had the worst overall survival and were most
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Treatment outcomes were similar between Black and non-Black patients with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) who received the drug neoadjuvant durvalumab (Imfinzi) plus chemotherapy, according to new clinical trial results. Previous research demonstrated that the drug in combination with chemotherapy prior to surgery benefited patients with non-metastatic TNBC, but the study population did not reflect the
Hispanic women had the lowest five-year survival from Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) at 10.7%, compared to Black women at 11.8% and White women at 13.1%, in a study of 26,963 women diagnosed with TNBC between 2010 and 2016. Higher proportions of Hispanic (16.8%) and Black women (9.0%) were diagnosed with TNBC before the age
Despite the practical benefits of computed tomography colonography (CTC) for colorectal cancer screening and its endorsement by multiple organizations, the federal government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has declined to cover this procedure by Medicare and Medicaid. A recent analysis of health interviews with nearly 14,000 Americans found that Blacks and Hispanics were nearly
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Black patients with multiple myeloma waited an average of four months longer than White patients for a hematopoietic stem cell transplant, according to a study of 495 patients treated by the Moffitt Cancer Center inf Florida. The transplant is an infusion of healthy stem cells after chemotherapy to reestablish the blood cell production process in
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