Black patients are more likely to undergo emergency surgery for colorectal cancer, which is associated with worse short- and long-term outcomes, according to a study recently published in the Annals of Surgery. Ryan Howard, M.D., from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and colleagues conducted a statewide retrospective study of patients who underwent surgery for colorectal cancer between January 1, 2015, and April 30, 2021. The researchers used data from four thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine patients who underwent surgery to assess emergency ...
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"Waiting for urinary symptoms may mean missing opportunities to catch (prostate cancer) when it's treatable."
A new study reconsiders when women with family history of breast cancer should begin mammogram screening.
A study shows differences in gut microbiome of prostate cancer patients compared to those with benign biopsies.
The U.S Food and Drug Administration has issued a safety alert, warning patients and providers of reports of rare but ...
Prostate cancer is a silent killer in South Africa, and a system is needed to include Africans in the genomic revolution.
Distinctive epigenetic pathways were discovered in African American and European American patients with multiple myeloma ...
Advanced practice nurse Patricia Jakel is highlighting the distressing survival rates for Black women with breast cancer.
A study showed Asian women had the highest risk of not receiving a biopsy after a mammogram identified an abnormality.
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