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Improving Cancer Care for Everyone

WEBHow Dana-Farber Is Spearheading New Strategies to Correct Historical Trends and Disparities in Cancer Care and Prevention. Over the past 40 years, survival …

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Cancer FactFinder Website Launched to Provide Fact-Based, …

WEBA team led by the Zhu Family Center for Global Cancer Prevention at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Center for Cancer Equity and Engagement …

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A New Landscape for Cancer Survivors

WEBAccording to the American Cancer Society, approximately one in four cancer survivors report a decreased quality of life due to physical problems caused by cancer. …

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Addressing Cancer Inequities

WEBAddressing Cancer Inequities. Dana-Farber's Christopher Lathan, MD, MS, MPH, faculty director for cancer care equity, details health equity research that highlights key findings …

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Online Testing Tool Identifies People Likely to Benefit from Genetic

WEBAn online tool developed by researchers and physicians at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute can accurately and rapidly identify people who should undergo testing …

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Cancer Signals Hidden in Blood Now Visible with Dana-Farber …

WEBDana-Farber’s Matthew L. Freedman, MD, has spent the better part of the last decade cataloging the epigenetic signatures that occur in different types of cancer. …

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Boston Needs its Own Cancer Center. Dana-Farber and Beth Israel

WEBBoston Needs its Own Cancer Center. Dana-Farber and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Will Create it October 25, 2023

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U.S. News & World Report Names Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer …

WEBFor the 23rd consecutive year, Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center has been recognized as a Best Hospital for cancer care by U.S. News & World Report.This …

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Study Finds Racial Inequities in Access to Opioids Among Older …

WEBAndrea C. Enzinger, MD. Older Black and Hispanic patients with advanced cancer are less likely to receive opioid medications for pain relief in the last weeks of life …

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U.S. News & World Report

WEBU.S. News & World Report Names Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center Among Nation's Best For 2022-2023. For the 22nd consecutive year, Dana-Farber …

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Obesity and High Weight Linked to Adverse Outcomes In …

WEBAs the United States faces a growing obesity epidemic, scientists are taking a closer look at how body weight can affect health outcomes. New research published in …

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Dana-Farber Researchers Launch New Project to Investigate How

WEBResearchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Rutgers University Cancer Institute are investigating what it is about neighborhoods that may increase a …

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Oncology Researchers Raise Ethics Concerns Posed by Patient …

WEBThe authors note that while AI has immense potential for expanding access to cancer care and improving the ability to detect, diagnose, and treat cancer, medical …

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Andrew Hantel, MD

WEBAndrew Hantel, MD is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and faculty member in the Divisions of Leukemia and Population Sciences at Dana-Farber Cancer …

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Paper Proposes New Community-Oriented Fellowship Training …

WEBAs patients with cancer increasingly receive treatment in community hospitals and clinics and many such centers experience a shortage of oncologists, a …

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Dana-Farber CEO Laurie Glimcher Has Always Been a Trail-Blazer …

WEBGlimcher was on the fence. She was 59 and had lived most of her life in Boston. It seemed another big risk.Glimcher took it. “We all thought her time at Cornell …

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Laurie H. Glimcher, MD, Selected for STAT's 2024 STATUS List

WEBLaurie H. Glimcher, MD, president and CEO of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is named to STAT's 2024 STATUS List, featuring 50 influential people shaping the future of health …

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Erica Mayer, MD, MPH

WEBErica Mayer, MD, MPH. Dr. Mayer received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 2000. She subsequently completed her residency in Internal Medicine at …

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