Johns Hopkins programs give students with diverse backgrounds exposure to research labs
BALTIMORE -- A Johns Hopkins program gives Baltimore teens with diverse backgrounds exposure to biomedical research. "We're ...
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Uninsurance Plays Major Role in Racial Disparities Seen in Cancer Diagnosis
Lack of health insurance coverage accounts for a considerable proportion of racial and ethnic disparities in advanced-stage diagnoses of cancer.
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Lack of Insurance Linked to Racial Disparities in Stage at Cancer Diagnosis
Lack of health insurance coverage accounts for a considerable proportion of racial and ethnic disparities in the diagnosis of advanced-stage cancer, according to researchers.
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26 and Facing Breast Cancer: ‘I Was One of the Less Than 1%’
LaShae Rolle shares her journey of being diagnosed with a rare breast cancer at the age of 26, making her a part of the less ...
Prostate cancer’s toll on Black men demands attention, not just survival: Justice B. Hill
They’ve proved as sobering now as then. As a Black man, I understand well what Abdul-Jabbar, 73, said about prostate cancer: ...
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U.S. Black Women Face More Delays and Disparities In Breast Cancer Treatment
The study builds on an analysis of National Cancer Database records from 2010 to 2019, which found that white patients were more than twice as likely as Black patients to begin treatment within 90 ...
This Movember, what men should know about getting screened for prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, with an estimated one in eight Canadian men expected to be diagnosed in ...
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Lack of Insurance Could Mean Later Cancer Diagnoses for Black, Hispanic Americans
About 64% of Hispanic adults receive a late diagnosis of advanced stomach cancer, compared with 57% of white adults. Likewise ...
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New Study Finds Breast Cancer On The Rise — More Women Under 50 Are Being Diagnosed
The American Cancer Society reports that while breast cancer deaths are still on a decline, the incidences of the disease are increasing.
Black women and breast cancer: Des Moines pastor using diagnosis as testimony
According to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation , Black women have a 38% higher death rate from breast cancer despite ...
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Breast cancer diagnosis in Black women and the need for early detection
According to Felicia E. Snead, MD, FASTRO, there is a significantly lower number of Black women who get breast cancer. Incidence in white women is far greater, but Black women tend to have more ...