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Access to Health Insurance Key to Disparities in Cancer Outcomes

WEBAll of the patients came from one of 19 states that expanded access to Medicaid in 2014, allowing low-income adults without children to access the public …

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Hope for Cancer Health Equity Cancer Today

WEBProviding equitable health care requires creating systems that ensure each patient has access to care and treatments, says Matt Manning, an author of both studies …

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A Look at Disparities Across Cancer Care Cancer Today

WEBIN A NEW REPORT ON CANCER HEALTH DISPARITIES, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) charts significant progress made in recent …

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Open Medical Records: Pros and Cons Cancer Today

WEBWHEN THE 21st CENTURY CURES ACT became law on Dec. 13, 2016, it required health care systems to give patients full access to their electronic medical …

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Disparities in Cervical Cancer Cancer Today

WEBGiven the strong measures available, public health experts have set their sights on effectively eliminating the disease. Globally, the most severe burden from the …

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Chronic Stress and Cancer Cancer Today

WEBChronic Stress and Cancer. Accumulating research shows lifelong stressors degrade health and increase cancer risk, but exercise might help counteract the impact …

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Addressing Social Determinants of Health Cancer Today

WEBSOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH—nonmedical factors such as where people live and work—play a vital role in health care and disease outcomes, said …

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Taking Steps to Address Cancer Health Disparities

WEBBrian Rivers, PhD, is the director of the Cancer Health Equity Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta and past chair of the AACR Minorities in Cancer Research …

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Life and Health After Childhood Cancer Cancer Today

WEBA recent study of more than 1,700 adult survivors of childhood cancer published in the June 12, 2013, Journal of the American Medical Association estimated …

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Men and Cancer Cancer Today

WEBResearchers documented 26,693 cancer diagnoses in shared anatomical sites from the mid-1990s until 2011. They found that men are between 1.3 times and …

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Sexual Health in Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors

WEBSexual health among adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors is an important yet understudied area of research, says Brooke Cherven, a nurse scientist …

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Medicaid: A Partial Safety Net Cancer Today

WEBOhio is one of 17 states that allow certified health care providers to assess whether a person’s expected income will make them eligible for Medicaid and expedite …

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Doctors Urge Need for ‘Common Sense Oncology’ Cancer Today

WEBLast summer, 36 researchers and cancer care professionals from around the world put their names on a similarly titled work, “Common Sense Oncology: Outcomes …

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The Roots of Rural Health Disparities Cancer Today

WEBCancer patients living in rural communities die at a higher rate than patients living in urban areas. A paper published Aug. 17 in JAMA Network Open suggests that …

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The Mental Toll of a Cancer Diagnosis Cancer Today

WEBThe study found that depression and anxiety disorders were responsible for the greatest mental health burden in cancer patients—and that psychiatric issues, …

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Health Nuts Cancer Today

WEBRESEARCHERS HAVE CONSISTENTLY FOUND that eating nuts reduces risk of heart disease and Type 2 diabetes, and emerging evidence suggests the same is …

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Increasing Diversity in Clinical Trials Cancer Today

WEBThe program operates clinical trials in an area with a population that is 48.3% Black and 10.6% Hispanic. Since its inception four years ago, the program has enrolled …

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Exploring Amino Acids’ Impact on Tumor Growth Cancer Today

WEBThe amino acids serine and glycine are key for lipid synthesis, protein synthesis and generating antioxidant defense, making them vital components of cell …

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Fixing Systems, Building Trust Cancer Today

WEBFixing Systems, Building Trust. The AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved …

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The Significance of NCI-Designated Cancer Centers

WEBA SINGLE IDEA CAN FLOURISH INTO A MOVEMENT, but such transformations require collaboration and a fair amount of debate and doubt.Centers of …

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On Being Asked Not to Tell: Hiding Illness From Loved Ones

WEBFor a 2018 study published in the Iranian Journal of Public Health, a team of researchers from the U.S. and China surveyed 180 physicians in China’s Shandong …

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