The Importance of Equity in Addressing Disparities in Health Care
Equality assures that everyone receives the same thing, but equity assures that everyone gets what they need.
Health Disparity
Types of Bias and the Effects on Care, Decision Making for Black Cancer Survivors
A new report describes biases that may influence care and counseling for patients, and strategies to mitigate disparities in patient education about adverse effects.
Contributing Factors to Delays in Diagnosis, Treatment Initiation of Cancers in Men
A review of the health-related behaviors common to men that may explain delays in diagnosis and treatment, and poor cancer outcomes.
Overall Cancer Incidence, Mortality Lower for U.S. Hispanics
But rates higher for infection-related cancers, such as liver and stomach cancers, and cervical cancer.
Minority Patients Remain Underrepresented in Clinical Trials of Pancreatic Cancer
Non-White and non-Hispanic patients were underrepresented throughout the period studied.
Study: Race-Free CKD-EPI Equation Undercuts Cancer Therapy in Black Patients
Accurate kidney function assessment is a crucial consideration when prescribing a patient’s anticancer therapy regimen.
Survival Disparities in Endometrial Cancer Persist Despite Equal Access to Care
Factors other than access may affect differences in survival, according to researchers.
TVUS ET Screening Misses More Cases of Endometrial Cancer in Black Women Than in White Women
The disparity is due to the greater prevalence of fibroids and nonendometrioid histologic type in Black women, according to researchers.
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Pediatric and AYA Cancer Rates Can Vary Widely by Single Year of Age
Looking at single year of age revealed “substantial” differences.
Disparities in Breast Cancer Survival Persist for Black Women
Although nearly all metrics improved for racial-ethnic minorities, recent breast cancer-related mortality in Florida still higher in Black women.
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