“There is a significant disparity in the knowledge that we have about the tumor landscape of colorectal cancer among Hispanics,” says Mariana Stern, PhD, of the University of Southern California Norris Cancer Center (above). “This has implications for the development of new therapies that may specifically benefit Hispanic patients. A new 5-year $18.5 million study …
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In a study of more than 103,000 patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer between 2000 and 2016, people between 20 and 39 years old had the steepest increase in distant-stage (advanced) early-onset (before age 50) colorectal cancer. The biggest increase in proportion of colon cancers that were distant stage occurred in Blacks in their 20s and …
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Among older men and women with colorectal cancer, those living in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods were 33 percent more likely to die from their cancer during the years 2008 to 2017 than men and women living in the least disadvantaged neighborhoods. Those in the poorer neighborhoods were more likely to be Black. Cary Gross (above) …
Black and Hispanic patients remain underrepresented in cancer clinical trials, but in recent years their participation has increased. In a study of 766 cancer trials involving nearly a quarter of a million participants, Juan F. Javier-DesLoges (above) of UC San Diego and his colleagues found that Black and Hispanic subjects were involved in breast cancer …
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Black women are more likely to be screened for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers than White, Hispanic or other racial/ethnic groups of women, according to a 2018 government health survey. For breast cancer, 84 percent of Black women had been screened versus 80 percent of Hispanic women, 78 percent of White women, and 78 percent …
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Patients with early-onset colorectal cancer (under age 50) are more likely to be Black or Hispanic and to be diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, according to a study of more than one milllion men and women diagnosed between 2004 and 2015. Black patients with early-onset colorectal cancer had a shorter survival time compared to White …
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One in two Hispanic adults between 50 and 75 years of age are not getting tested as recommended, putting Hispanics at increased risk for advanced-stage colon cancer. Because of lower screening rates, colon cancer causes about 11 percent of cancer deaths among Hispanic males and nine percent of Hispanic females. See “Hispanics Are Less Likely …
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Colon cancer is particularly devastating for Black people. Even though this cancer is treatable, if not preventable when caught early, African Americans – specifically black men – tend to have lower screening rates. Delayed screening can result in late diagnosis, at a more advanced stage, resulting in lower survival rates. The 2020 death of actor …
“It is unfortunate that the passing of Chadwick Boseman is what had to happen to bring increased awareness around colorectal cancer, but so many people have told me that after his passing they spoke with their family about it and learned that a relative had colorectal cancer, so they underwent screening,” said gastroenterologist Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa …
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The colons of African Americans and people of European descent age differently, new research reveals, which may help explain racial disparities in colorectal cancer. One side of the colon ages biologically faster than the other in both African Americans (the right side) and people of European descent (the left side), University of Virginia researchers Dr. …
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