Not to be missed from #GU23 ; Hannah Dzimitrowicz McManus discusses Medicare data showing Black Kidney cancer pts less likely to receive immunotherapy. #cancerdisparities ; DCI Center for Prostate & Urologic Cancers
🚨BREAKING NEWS!🚨 Our groundbreaking study reveals the harsh reality: Sexual minorities facing chronic physiologic stress are OVER TWICE as likely to die from ANY cancer compared to their straight counterparts with low stress levels. 💔 It's time for action! 😡 #CancerDisparities
What a great way to spend weekend increasing aware of #cardioonc issues with ADT in prostate cancer and #CVdisparities and #cancerdisparities in prostate cancer with 100 Black Men of Augusta, Georgia Government. Plan to change the map of #prostatecancer mortality among #blackmen in rural SE/1
Dr. Melissa Davis (Melissa B Davis, PhD) leads #TeamSAMBAI to secure a $25M grant to address #cancerdisparities in populations of African ancestry.🏆🧬
This marks the FIRST African-American woman-led team to win a Cancer Grand Challenges award. 🤎
More: msm.edu/RSSFeedArticle…
#CancerGrandChallenges
This #BlackHistoryMonth , we're spotlighting CRCHD grantees & their work to address #CancerDisparities . Don't miss our 1st spotlight on Dr. Sunday Akintoye—an R56 recipient & former CURE scholar—who is working to reduce disparities in head & neck cancers: cancer.gov/about-nci/orga…
Exciting results from our KPROCS study presented at #AACR24 led by Kate Chirikova UC San Francisco Rutgers Cancer Institute #ovariancancer #cancerdisparities
In a recent NCI Minute, Media Chief James Alexander discusses research regarding disparities in death rates for Black people, the potential causes of these disparities, and what needs to be done to rectify them. cancer.gov/news-events/pr… #CancerDisparities #BlackFamCan
Our hearts are heavy today as we mourn the loss of Edith Mitchell, M.D. professor, Director of the Center to Eliminate #CancerDisparities & Enterprise VP for Cancer Disparities at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center – Jefferson Health. Read more about Dr. Mitchell's legacy: brnw.ch/21wGhQj
Sharing the latest excellent work by Alexandra Hernandez, MD, MPH Carlos (Teddy) Huerta Gabriel De la Cruz ku, MD Ifeanyichukwu Ogobuiro, MD, MHS @kellynbenck UM/JMH General Surgery Miller Medicine Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center #melanomadisparities #cancerdisparities UChicago Medicine
While I was attending Stand Up To Cancer #research summit, 3 Black Docs Podcast dropped our first ep in months! We may not have presented anything at #SU2CSummit2023 but #3blackdocs is in lock-step with eliminating #cancerdisparities ! Check us out wherever you get your favorite #podcast !
Read our March/April issue!
acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15424863/2…
In this issue:
🔹 Moffitt Cancer Center researchers on a case of dMMR/MSI-H gastric cancer
🔹 2023 ACS Research report of #CancerDisparities in the US
🔹 Testicular cancer in 2023 by Dr. Darren Feldman Jack Gleeson et al
OncoAlert
Cancer doesn't discriminate based on race or gender. This month, let's raise awareness about cancer disparities and work towards equitable access to screenings and treatment. #CancerDisparities #HealthEquity #TakeActionForHealth
Grateful to all those who reached out with interest in our “Advances in Cancer Disparities” Cancers MDPI special issue. I still have a few $2000 vouchers I can provide to support research in #CancerDisparities . Please reach out if interested!
🔗mdpi.com/journal/cancer…
Congratulations to Dr. Diane Mahoney, associate member of KU Cancer Center's Cancer Prevention and Control research program, who received the appointment of the Beverly Gaines Tipton Endowed Professorship in Oncology Nursing!
KU School of Nursing #CancerDisparities #Every1HasARole
It was an honor and a pleasure to join the Binaytara Foundation’s Summit on Cancer Health Disparities this morning to discuss the AACR’s commitment to reducing #cancerdisparities and achieving cancer health equity.
#SCHD24 Binaytara Foundation
April is #NationalMinorityHealthMonth and the 3rd week in April is designated as #NationalMinorityCancerAwareness week. DF/HCC's Initiative to Eliminate #CancerDisparities is hosting various programs to tackle the unequal burden of #cancer . Learn more👇
dfhcc.harvard.edu/news-archive/d…
Love watching Hanna Kakish حنا قاقيش wow the crowd with a novel analysis:
NCDB + Clinical trials = new insights into #cancerdisparities
UH Surgical Oncology UH RISES UH Surgery Residents @sso2023
