Cancer

FG Trade/E+/Getty Images Health advocates are urging Black men to consider prostate cancer screenings as data from the American Cancer Society shows they are more than twice as likely to die from the disease than White men. CNN  —  Nate Battle said he had avoided doctor’s visits for most of his life until 2014, when […]

Sophia George, Ph.D., a Sylvester molecular geneticist, and Matthew Schlumbrecht, M.D., M.P.H., a Sylvester researcher and oncologist who studies gynecologic cancer disparities, will lead . . .

There has been some improvement in closing the gap — in 2000, Black Americans were 26% more likely to die of cancer than White Americans, but by 2020 that disparity had shrunk to 12%, researchers at Duke University found. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News While cancer death rates have fallen among Americans generally over the […]

More progress needs to be made to improve outcomes for Black women with breast cancer. Here’s how BCRF investigators are addressing the challenge. In the United States, breast cancer continues to be the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in women. In 2024, the American Cancer Society (ACS)

Young women living in the US have an increased incidence of breast cancer and age-related crossover between non-Hispanic White and Black women. Breast cancer | Image credit: Axel Kock – stock.adobe.com These findings suggest a need for a targeted approach to address prevention efforts in young women and racial disparities in breast cancer incidence at […]

Rates of America’s second-deadliest cancer in men are on the rise—and they’ve been building exponentially for almost a decade straight. Since 2014, U.S. diagnoses of prostate cancer—highly survivable if caught early—have risen 3% annually. Advanced-stage diagnoses have risen 5% year over year. Adding insult to injury, Black men are being diagnosed with late stages of […]

High breast cancer mortality rates for Black people have persisted in Arizona since 2016. Cancer biology, inadequate insurance coverage and limited access to health care are a few factors influencing the consistently high breast cancer mortality rates for Black women in the United States, according to cancer experts. Black women are over 40% more likely […]

Cancer biology, inadequate insurance coverage and limited access to health care are a few factors influencing the consistently high breast cancer mortality rates for Black women in the United States, according to cancer experts. Black women are over 40% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women, a percentage that has largely stayed […]

Health care Posted Sunday, February 4, 2024 10:00 am By Mia Milinovich | Cronkite News PHOENIX — Cancer biology, inadequate insurance coverage and limited access to health care are a few factors influencing the consistently high breast cancer mortality rates for Black women in the United States, according to cancer experts. Black women are over […]

Local group, U.S. task force target disparity in Black breast cancer mortality rates  myheraldreview.com Source link


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