U.S. Blacks Get Less Treatment for Cancer - Study
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Black esophageal cancer patients in the United States are half as likely as whites to get surgery that can help them live longer and often do not even see a surgeon, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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TUESDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- Black American women are less likely than women of other races to have breast reconstruction after mastectomy, says a study published in the online edition of the journal Cancer.
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eople who survive cancer appear to get worse care than the general population when it comes to other diseases, a study released last week concluded.
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NEW YORK  - The level of care given to  black patients with HIV in the US seems to depend on the  whether the doctor is black or white, new study findings show.
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NEW YORK  - Black women who feel they've been victims of racial discrimination are more likely than their peers to develop breast cancer, a large study suggests.
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Blacks with esophageal cancer fare worse than whites in just about every category, and the difference can be life or death.
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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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Black women seem to develop breast cancer much earlier than their white peers, UK research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Blacks with chronic lung disease on the waiting list for lung transplantation before 2005 were more likely to die or be removed from the list than were white patients, according to New York investigators.
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Health statistics show that once diagnosed with cancer, American Indians have a lower five-year survival rate than any other group in the country.
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African-American women in the US are far less likely to undergo breast reconstruction following mastectomy than white women, regardless of socioeconomic factors, new research indicates.
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-- A new study gives a possible explanation for why breast cancer is more deadly in black women: they are more likely to have tumors that do not respond to the hormone-based treatments that help many others with the disease.
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NEW YORK  - Black and Asian women have much  lower rates of success with assisted reproductive techniques  such as in vitro fertilization than other racial groups,  researchers reported at the annual meeting of the American  Society of Reproductive Medicine that is underway in  Philadelphia.
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NEW YORK  - Despite receiving similar   treatment, black women with advanced or recurrent endometrial   cancer fare worse than their white counterparts, according to a   report in the September 25th online issue of Cancer.
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NEW YORK  - African-American women in the  US are far less likely to undergo breast reconstruction  following mastectomy than white women, regardless of  socioeconomic factors, new research indicates.
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NEW YORK  - There are disparities in the treatment and outcome between older black and white patients who have renal cell cancer, with blacks having significantly lower survival rates, according to a new study.
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People with at least some education  beyond high school have a lower cancer death risk than those  with less education, according to a U.S. study published on  Tuesday