Colorectal cancer patients of African ancestry are less likely to have tumors that respond well to two important classes of newer treatments: immunotherapy and targeted therapy, according to an analysis of genetic data from 4,441 people treated for colorectal cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. These treatments work better against tumors […]
Americans have become less aware that the human papillomavirus (HPV) causes cervical cancer in recent years, according to survey data from 2014 to 2020 presented at a 2023 scientific meeting. Researchers found that 70.2% of respondents knew that HPV can cause cervical cancer in 2020, down from 77.6% in 2014. The decline in awareness about
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Health insurance coverage may help mitigate racial inequities in advanced-stage cervical cancer diagnoses, according to a study of more than 23,000 women diagnosed with the cancer between 2007 and 2016. Women with private insurance or Medicare were more likely to be diagnosed with early-stage cervical cancer than those with Medicaid or without insurance (57.8 percent versus
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American Indian and Alaskan Native men are diagnosed with prostate cancer at higher PSA levels, have a greater incidence of metastasis at diagnosis, and are more like to die of prostate cancer than any other racial or ethnic groups, according to a study of nearly half a million patients, including over 1500 American Indian/Alaskan Native
Researchers observed a nearly twofold higher rate of missed or lack of guideline cervical cancer screening among White women compared with Black women (26.6% vs. 13.8%), according to a study of more than 29,000 diagnosed with the cancer from 2001 to 2018. The largest rate of increase in distant-stage (advanced) cervical cancer is occurring among
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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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As Black men, we keep things close to the hip,” says Vincent M. Bivins, MD (above), president of Urology Centers of Alabama. “I’ve diagnosed patients with prostate cancer, and they say they’re not going to tell their wife or kids. One guy has been cured of prostate cancer for seven years, and he never told
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Many patients who receive a positive stool-based screening test result for colorectal cancer did not follow this up with a colonoscopy within one year, according to a study of nearly 33,000 men and women aged 50 to 75 from 2017 to 2020. Stool-based screening tests are effective, noninvasive alternatives to colonoscopy, but to be effective they
Cervical cancer rates in women ages 20-24 have fallen an “astounding” 65 percent from 2012 through 2019, in the wake of the introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, according to the American Cancer Society. “The large drop in cervical cancer incidence is extremely exciting because this is the first group of women to receive
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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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