Hispanics, Women Less Likely to Be Tested for Colon Cancer
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MONDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDayNews) -- Colorectal cancer is curable if detected early, but many Americans -- particularly Hispanics and women -- don't get the screening tests.
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A gene known to give many Jewish women a high risk of cancer also puts many Hispanic women at high risk, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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WEDNESDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- A study to examine whether a Mediterranean diet can help prevent colon cancer is being conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Low socioeconomic status is a  strong predictor of poor survival among patients from different  ethnic groups with melanoma skin cancer, new research  indicates.
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Better doctor-patient communication may improve colon cancer screening rates among African Americans, results of a North Carolina study suggest.
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Death rates from cancer have   continued to drop in the United States, with Hispanics showing   lower-than-average rates of most cancers, according to the   latest statistics published on Wednesday.
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The gold-standard test to detect colon cancer is missing a &quot;concerning&quot; number of cases, according to a Canadian study that evaluated the success rate of colonoscopies.
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A new noninvasive method of genetic screening for colorectal cancer could encourage more people to regularly be tested for the disease.
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A nationwide study has found that the uninsured and those covered by Medicaid are more likely than those with private insurance to receive a diagnosis of cancer in the late stages of the disease.
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NEW YORK  - Compared with white women, Hispanic women develop risk factors for heart disease about a decade earlier, according to a presentation today at the American Heart Association's 47th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.
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Some women with breast cancer are less likely to have their tumours picked up by scans, say experts.
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NEW YORK  - Many Americans are still  failing to get two of the most effective tests for catching  colon cancer early, according to researchers with the American  Cancer Society.
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Women who feel chronically  stressed may have a lower risk of developing uterine cancer  than their less harried peers, researchers have found.
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A married couple who sailed to America from England around 1630 are the reason why thousands of people in the United States are at higher risk of a hereditary form of colon cancer, researchers said on Wednesday.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) -- For U.S. Hispanic children, a lack of health insurance often decides whether they see a doctor or go without regular check-ups, a new study finds.
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NEW YORK  - Walking to work, bicycling to  school and other physical activity performed during your daily  commute may reduce the risk of colon cancer, according to  findings from a Chinese study.
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NEW YORK  - More African-American women are being screened for breast cancer than in years past, but they're still less likely to have the disease caught early compared with white women, a new study shows.