Cancer Disparities Represent Ongoing Public Health Challenge
Discriminatory policies, systemic inequities, structural barriers resulting from history of racism cause and perpetuate cancer health disparities
Discriminatory policies, systemic inequities, structural barriers resulting from history of racism cause and perpetuate cancer health disparities
Sugar-sweetened beverages are a frequently consumed ultra-processed food group.
Increased health-related self-efficacy associated with significantly reduced likelihood of undertreatment
Patients on dialysis die from cancer at twice the rate as those of the same age and sex in the general population, a study found.
Cancer-related monthly mortality rate higher in April 2020 when health care capacity was most challenged
Adults with new onset type 2 diabetes in 2 years after diagnosis had increased risk of all-cause mortality
Unmet social needs include family-level food insecurity, financial worry about housing costs and other monthly bills, and transportation challenges
Proportion of SWOG trial participants who had Medicaid insurance increased by 20 percent per year after ACA Medicaid expansion
However, in 2019, Black men and women had highest cancer death rates compared with other racial, ethnic groups
In a Dutch study, each doubling of urine albumin excretion was significantly associated with a 7% increase in overall cancer risk.