Lack of reduction in racial disparities in cancer‐specific mortality over a 20‐year period

AA Aizer, TJ Wilhite, MH Chen, PL Graham… - Cancer, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND To the authors' knowledge, it remains unknown whether race‐based
differences in cancer outcomes have changed with time. In the current study, the authors …

Southern community cohort study: establishing a cohort to investigate health disparities.

LB Signorello, MK Hargreaves… - Journal of the …, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate the methods of recruitment of a low-income, predominantly
African-American study population for the Southern Community Cohort Study (SCCS), a …

Assessing cancer stage and screening disparities among Native American cancer patients

BA Guadagnolo, K Cina, P Helbig… - Public Health …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective. Disparities in cancer-related health outcomes exist among Native Americans. This
article assesses barriers to timely and effective cancer care among Native American cancer …

Opportunities and challenges in precision medicine: improving cancer prevention and treatment for Asian Americans

C Trinh-Shevrin, R Sacks, J Ahn, SS Yi - Journal of racial and ethnic health …, 2018 - Springer
Cancer is the leading cause of death among Asian Americans, and cancer cases among
Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans are expected to rise by 132% by …

Social determinants of Black-White disparities in breast cancer mortality: a review

MA Gerend, M Pai - Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 2008 - AACR
Despite the recent decline in breast cancer mortality, African American women continue to
die from breast cancer at higher rates than do White women. Beyond the fact that breast …

Colon cancer epidemiology, race and socioeconomic status: Comparing trends in counties served by an urban hospital in Newark, NJ with overall NJ-state and nation …

T Selvakumar, SZ Mu, V Prasath, S Arjani… - Cancer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Disparities in colorectal cancer (CRC) trends are linked with socioeconomic status
(SES) and race. To better understand the colon cancer trends at our medical center, this …

[HTML][HTML] Health status among black African-born women in Kansas City: a preliminary assessment

FM Ndikum-Moffor, B Faseru, MK Filippi, H Wei… - BMC research …, 2015 - Springer
Background Health information and statistics for Black foreign-born women in the United
States are under-reported or not available. Black foreign-born women typically are classified …

Association of race and socioeconomic status with colorectal cancer screening, colorectal cancer risk, and mortality in southern US adults

SW Andersen, WJ Blot, L Lipworth… - JAMA network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is rarely studied in populations who may
face additional barriers to participate in cancer screening, such as African American …

Comparison of Capture Rates of the National Cancer Database Across Race and Ethnicity

Y Satpathy, P Nam, M Moldovan, JD Murphy… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The National Cancer Database (NCDB) is an invaluable and widely used
resource for cancer research, but the current state of representation of different racial and …

Cancer prognosis in black Americans: a mini-review.

RE Hardy, MK Hargreaves - Journal of the National Medical …, 1991 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There is significant disparity of cancer outcome (incidence, survival, and mortality) for black
Americans when compared with white Americans. The extent of disease is inversely …