VITAL SIGNS Disparities: For Cancer Survivors, Worse Care
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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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In 2002, three of the ten leading causes of death differed between blacks and whites in the US, reflecting disparities in health care, according researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
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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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People with advanced cancer may  suffer substantial emotional distress, but relatively few may  be discussing it with their doctors, new research suggests.
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CHICAGO  - Data from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study indicate that the majority of long-term survivors of childhood cancer do not receive the recommended follow-up care, despite the fact that they have a significant risk of developing late side effects of cancer therapy, including heart disease and secondary cancers.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDay News) -- &quot;Chemo brain,&quot; characterized by chronic problems with memory and attention, afflicts a sizeable minority of cancer survivors.
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NEW YORK  - A substantial minority of young adults who have survived a childhood malignancy will have at least one severe health problem, according to a report presented here Tuesday at a media briefing of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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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  - While supportive care to  relieve symptoms is now the standard of care at the end of  life, a new study shows that a "sizeable proportion" of breast  cancer patients nearing death do not have access to such  treatment, also referred to as palliative care.
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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.
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NEW YORK  - Higher-income individuals with  prostate cancer feel more informed about the disease and more  satisfied with their treatment decisions than do their  lower-income peers, new survey findings show.
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In women with breast cancer, the probability of dying from that malignancy, as opposed to some other cause, can range from 3 percent to 85 percent, depending on factors such as disease stage and patient age at diagnosis, new research shows.
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Black women with uterine cancer are   more likely to die than white women given similar treatment,   U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Three quarters of women with terminal breast cancer receive no palliative care, according to a new study. Research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology analysed the pattern of care at the end of life
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Disparities in the US health-care system result in up to 79,000 premature deaths each year because of a lack of preventative treatments and care for chronic conditions like diabetes
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NEW YORK  - When a person is first diagnosed with cancer and undergoes treatment, their work may suffer; but in the long run, most people who survive cancer work a similar number of hours as anyone else, new study findings show.
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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.