Triple-negative breast cancers affect people of all races. Breast cancers in African-American women are more likely to be triple-negative than those in white women. Among African-American women who develop breast cancer, there is an estimated 20 to 40 percent chance of the breast cancer being triple-negative. Researchers do not yet understand why premenopausal women and […]
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It is estimated that 1 in 7 black men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime, compared to 1 in 8 white men. During 2011-2015, the average annual prostate cancer incidence rate was 179 cases per 100,000 black men, 76% higher than the rate in white men. Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause
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Prostate cancer occurs more often in African-American men than in white men. African-American men with prostate cancer are more likely to die from the disease than white men with prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men in the United States. In the United States, about one out of five men
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African American men are at an increased risk for developing prostate cancer over white men and other men of color. One in six African American men will develop prostate cancer in his lifetime. Overall, African American men are 1.8 times more likely to be diagnosed with—and 2.2 times more likely to die from—prostate cancer than
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Alaska Natives have the highest colorectal cancer incidence (89 per 100,000) and mortality (40 per 100,000) rates in the US, double those in blacks (46 and 19, respectively). Colorectal cancer has been the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Alaska Natives since the early 1970s for reasons that are unknown, but may include a higher prevalence
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Colorectal cancer disproportionately affects the Black community, where the rates are the highest of any racial/ethnic group in the US. African Americans are about 20% more likely to get colorectal cancer and about 40% more likely to die from it than most other groups. The reasons for the differences are complex, but they largely reflect
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Breast cancer incidence rates have increased across all races and ethnicities since the 1980s, primarily due to increased detection by mammography. But while the incidence among white women have generally stabilized in the past few years, the incidence among African American women continuesto rise. Despite having similar incidence rates to white women, African America nwomen
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The African American/Black, Hispanic/Latina, and other communities within the U.S. continue to be disproportionately burdened by high incidence (new cases) and mortality rates of breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Asian-American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander women in the U.S. White women have the highest breast cancer incidence overall, while Asian-American
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