Healthcare Disparities

Disparities in healthcare affect how one individual is given treatment and care versus another. Our government and many organizations study cancer patients and their demographic differences in order to identify disparities and take steps to reduce their impact on how patients receive healthcare.

Young Cancer Survivors are at Higher Risk of Heart Disease

In a recent study conducted at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center and published in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship (February 9, 2018) it was determined that young cancer survivors who are African American, without health insurance or who have…
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Mammography rates better for migrant women

Use of mammography for breast cancer screening has improved among foreign-born women living in the United States. However, these women are still less likely to have undergone screening than native-born American women as reported by the Fourth AACR Conference on…
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Racial gaps in colon cancer changes survival

Colorectal cancer is still the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, but since the mid-1980’s the rates have slowly declined. That is, in some ethnic groups but not in all. Poorer patients, sometimes black, indigent, or…
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