The new facility aims to give residents on the South Side better access to cancer care, while also attracting patients from across the region and beyond.

A lack of health insurance coverage raises the risk that cancers among Black and Hispanic Americans will be caught ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Coalition of Blacks Against Cancer is working toward reducing the number of Black women who are at a higher risk of dying from breast cancer. As the end of Breast Cancer ...

(HealthDay News) — Older patients with breast cancer are less likely to receive guideline-concordant care if they are non-Hispanic Black rather than non-Hispanic White, according to a study ...

ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT’S THAT’S THAT’S TRAGEDY FOR US, RIGHT? BLACK WOMEN HAVE A 38% HIGHER DEATH RATE FROM BREAST CANCER, DESPITE BEING DIAGNOSED AT THE SAME RATE AS WHITE WOMEN. I WOULDN’T ...

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 ...

Experts noted that this approach has been particularly effective after complex surgeries, such as lung or abdominal cancer procedures and hernia repairs. In addition to this disparity, the research ...

Black patients with cutaneous melanoma of the head and neck have the highest disease-specific mortality risk, rates of distant disease, and rates of tumor ulceration, as well as the lowest ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The American Cancer Society is urging Black women to use their voices to help fight breast cancer. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the push to get Black women ...

In conclusion, Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of breast health, particularly within the Black community. By redefining self-care to include breast ...