Approval of immunotherapy for advanced lung cancer by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) led to a significant increase in its use, but this did not eliminate disparities among users that were apparent prior to approval. The FDA approval process typically takes around 7 years, but clinical trials, compassionate use, and other agreements mean that […]
Colorectal cancer screening prevalence remained low in 2018 among U.S. adults aged 50 to 54 years, especially among Hispanics and Asians. Screening guidelines recently changed to recommend starting at age 45 for those with an average risk of the cancer. “To anticipate some of the challenges implementing screening programs, we examined patterns of screening among
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Black and Asian women are more likely than White women to experience significant delays in getting breast biopsies after their mammogram identifies an abnormality, according to a new review of more than 45,000 women’s cases. At 90 days from their mammograms, the risk of not undergoing a biopsy compared with White women was 28 percent
The high burden of breast cancer mortality in African American women versus White women began in the United States in the 1980’s, according to a history co-written by Hyuna Sung (above) of the American Cancer Society. At that time, breast cancer screening with mammography and treatments such as adjuvant post-surgery hormonal therapy were disseminated widely
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Endometrial cancer was long believed to be less common among Black women. But newer studies have confirmed that it is not only more likely to strike Black women but also more likely to be deadly. Black women die of uterine (endometrial) cancer at twice the rate of white women, according to a new report. The gap
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Preoperative MRI leads to better outcomes after prostate cancer surgery, but Black and Hispanic men are less likely than White men to receive it, according to a new study led by Alexander Cole, MD, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Cole and his colleagues analyzed the medical records of more than 19,000 men, average
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Black patients diagnosed with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer since 2017 were less likely than White patients to be tested for biomarkers that can guide treatment, according to a study of 64,000 medical records led by Debora Bruno of Case Western Reserve University (above). Black patients were less likely to ever undergo throughout their diagnosis
The 5-year survival for adults with early-onset colorectal cancer (diagnosed younger than age 50) improved for White, but not Black, Hispanic or Asian patients between 1992 and 2013, according to a new analysis. Researchers analyzed the medical records of more than 33,000 patients diagnosed between 1992 and 2013 and found that 5-year relative survival ranged
Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders experience poorer breast cancer survival outcomes that are hidden when their data is included in Asian populations, Stanford researcher says. Studies of early-stage breast cancer outcomes frequently conclude that Asian American and Pacific Islanders fare better than non-Hispanic whites. But “Asian American and Pacific Islanders” is a broad umbrella
Healthy People 2020 was a national public health goal to increase the percentage of women between the ages of 50 and 74 who receive breast cancer screening every two years to 81 percent by the year 2020. Only 9 states and one territory are meeting that goal: Massachusetts 87%Rhode Island 85%Hawaii 84%Puerto Rico and Maine
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