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Lung cancer survival rates rise, but low screening rates leave many people at risk
by Carmel Wroth November 14, 2023Enlarge this image A doctor assesses a radio surgery treatment plan for a patient with lung cancer, using a 4D CAT scan.…
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Racial Disparities In Cancer Incidence And Survival Rates Are Narrowing
by Patti Neighmond February 15, 2019Enlarge this image Dramatic decreases in deaths from lung cancer among African-Americans were particularly notable, according to the American Cancer Society. Siri…
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Racist Med School Yearbook Photos? Medicine’s Racism Problems Go Even Deeper
by Mara Gordon February 12, 2019Enlarge this image Demonstrators hold signs and chant in Richmond, Va., on Feb. 2. They were calling for the resignation of Gov.…
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Distrust Of Health Care System May Keep Black Men Away From Prostate Cancer Research
by Rachel D. Cohen October 17, 2018Enlarge this image Black men are twice as likely as whites to die from prostate cancer, one of the deadliest cancers that…
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Why Are Black And Latino Kids More Likely To Die Of Certain Cancers?
by Erin Blakemore August 20, 2018Enlarge this image Researchers are trying to understand why black and Latino children are more likely to die of certain cancers. FS…
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Andy Feltham/Getty Images/EyeEm American Indian and Alaska Native families are much more likely to have an infant die suddenly and unexpectedly, and…
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Enlarge this image Trina Dalziel/Illustration Works/Getty Images Trina Dalziel/Illustration Works/Getty Images Doctors have long known that black people are more likely than…
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