Many factors play a role in the troubling disparity in endometrial cancer, including poorer access to health care in some communities, a lack of awareness among some providers, and research efforts that often have not included enough people who are Black, Hispanic, and Asian, says Carol Brown, a gynecologic oncology surgeon and the Chief Health […]
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Black women were 64% more likely to die from endometrial cancer than White women despite equal access to care. These results suggest “that factors other than access to care may be related to this racial disparity,” the researchers noted. The study included 1,583 U.S. women diagnosed with endometrial cancer between 1988 and 2013. In their
A common measurement used to decide whether to biopsy for endometrial cancer missed far more cases of the disease among Black women vs. White women. One clinical strategy is to proceed to a diagnostic biopsy for endometrial cancer only when transvaginal ultrasonography screening shows the thickness of the endometrium is 4 mm or greater. But
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Lack of health insurance means many Black women are more likely to put off seeking medical attention and having regular preventive screenings, which may contribute to later diagnoses and surgical interventions. Black women in particular also face higher odds of being misdiagnosed even when they do seek medical care. There may also be a biological
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Nathaniel Jones (above) wants to know why Black women have worse outcomes from endometrial cancer, the most common gynecologic cancer in women in the United States, and what can be done to improve their odds. ““We have a large population of Black women who we treat here, and it is difficult knowing that they will
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Black women experience less-favorable treatment outcomes than do white women – likely related to treatment delays. But those outcomes may also be influenced by another factor, social isolation, said Dr. Kemi Doll (above), an oncologist-gynecologist who specializes in endometrial cancer at the University of Washington. “Black women are uniquely at risk for social isolation due
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Black women have twice the risk of being diagnosed with uterine clear cell carcinoma compared with other races, according to a new study of nearly half a million U.S. women diagnosed with uterine cancer from 2004 to 2016. Uterine clear-cell carcinoma (above) is a rare form of endometrial cancer that’s aggressive, has a high recurrence
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Vietnamese American women are diagnosed with uterine clear cell carcinoma at an average age of 56 years, compared with average ages of 64 to 72 in other Asian Americans, according to a new study of nearly half a million U.S. women diagnosed with uterine cancer from 2004 to 2016. Uterine clear-cell carcinoma is a rare
After diagnosis with endometrial cancer, Black women were 8 percent less likely and Hispanic women 10 percent less likely than White women to receive recommended treatment for their cancer, according to a study of some 89,000 U.S. women between 2004 and 2014. Overall in the study, women who did not receive the treatment were 12
In a study of nearly 28,000 cases of endometrial cancer diagnosed in Florida during 2005 to 2016, Black women were far more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 endometrial cancer than Whites, Hispanics, and Asians. Black women were also more likely to die from type 2 endometrial cancer than other women. A small number
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