Tag: Race
AACR: Incidence-Based Mortality Dropping for Young Women With Breast Cancer
Highest incidence-based mortality seen in non-Hispanic Black women, with declines pronounced from 2016, narrowing gap with other racial groups
Disparities Identified in Linkage to Care for Children With Hepatitis C
Hispanic/Latinx and White children have more than twofold and threefold increased odds of linkage to care, respectively, than Black children
DDW: Systematic Program Increases Likelihood of Up-to-Date Colorectal Cancer Screening
Approximate doubling of up-to-date status seen among Asian, Black, Hispanic, White patients, with corresponding decrease in CRC incidence, deaths
Racial Disparities Seen in Unintentional Overdose Mortality
Black men and Black women have pronounced and increasing burden of mortality compared with Whites
2005 to 2019 Saw Increase in Incidence of Cervical Artery Dissection
Increase in cervical artery dissection admissions was particularly high in older, Black, Hispanic populations
ACC: Bilateral Oophorectomy Linked to Increased Risk for Heart Failure
Each one-year increase in oophorectomy age linked to 0.6-year delay in onset of heart failure
Black American Infants, Children Have Persistent Excess Mortality
From 1950 to 2019, 5.0 million excess deaths of Black Americans could have been avoided if mortality rates were equal to those of Whites
CA-125 Levels Vary by Patient Race at Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis
Black and American Indian patients are less likely to have elevated CA-125 levels compared with White patients
Race-Neutral Equations for Lung Function Improve Asthma Detection in Children
Compared with race-specific equations, race-neutral equation identified twice as many Black children with asthma or asthma symptoms
Stressors Affect Systemic Inflammation, Tumor Aggressiveness in Breast Cancer
Perceived stress, discrimination, neighborhood deprivation linked to systemic inflammation, aggressive tumor characteristics
