http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths and is tied as the third leading cause of death overall in industrialized countries. Within the United States, several groups identified by race, sex, and socioeconomic status have been linked to increased cancer mortality, suggesting a disparity because of these characteristics. The relationships are complicated by the fact that many of these characteristics may also be associated with areas of decreased access to care and local resources and not inherently based on implicit biases. Researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington wanted to know the effect access to care had on lung cancer mortality among blacks and whites in the United States. In a recent study published in the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer's Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO) researchers found lower mortality was associated with higher primary care provider density. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-lung-cancer-mortality-linked-primary.html Cancer Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:04:35 EST news285869066 (Medical Xpress)—Older bladder cancer patients are less likely than younger patients to receive treatments intended to cure their disease such as surgery to remove the bladder or radiotherapy. But this difference cannot be fully explained by age, according to new research by scientists published in the British Journal of Cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-bladder-cancer-patients-curative-treatment.html Cancer Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:19:17 EST news285405551 Lung cancer mortality appears to be higher in black persons and highest in blacks living in the most segregated counties in the United States, regardless of socioeconomic status, according to a report published in the January issue of JAMA Surgery, a JAMA Network publication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-lung-cancer-mortality-highest-black.html Cancer Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:00:06 EST news277573345 (Medical Xpress)—Results from a new study conducted by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC-James) show women who wait more than 60 days to begin treatment for advanced breast cancer face significantly higher risks of dying than women who start therapy shortly after diagnosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-treatment-advanced-breast-cancer-days.html Cancer Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:20:51 EST news272794835 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Rice University report that referring cancer patients to hospitals with better track records for surgery could save lives and not raise the cost to patients. The study was reported online today in the journal Forum for Health Economics and Policy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-cancer-patients-experienced-successful-hospitals.html Cancer Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:14:59 EST news269766880 New research has revealed why some lung cancers are undetected by radiograph and helped to identify the type of people who may be at risk of this form of the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-lung-cancers-undetected-radiograph.html Cancer Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:10:02 EST news265888229 Breast cancer mortality statistics in Sweden are consistent with studies that have reported that screening has limited or no impact on breast cancer mortality among women aged 40-69, according to a study published July 17 in the Journal of The National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-mammography-screening-limited-effect-breast.html Cancer Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:00:05 EST news261750625 A new study finds differences in screening account for more than 40 percent of the disparity in colorectal cancer incidence and nearly 20 percent of colorectal cancer mortality between blacks and whites. Differences in stage-specific survival, which likely reflect differences in treatment account for additional 35% of the black-white disparity in colorectal cancer mortality rates. The study, appearing early online in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, concludes that equal access to care could substantially reduce the racial disparities in colorectal cancer (CRC) rates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-screening-accounts-blackwhite-disparity-colorectal.html Cancer Thu, 03 May 2012 14:40:06 EST news255272579 African-American breast cancer survivors were satisfied with their cancer treatment, but most were never offered clinical trials opportunities or support services during or after their treatment, according to a study by a UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher and her community partner, Rev. Tammie Dynse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-african-american-breast-cancer-survivors-inadequate.html Cancer Tue, 01 May 2012 10:30:05 EST news255086148 More than 30 percent of cancers can be prevented by lifestyle changes, the World Health Organization said Friday, on the eve of World Cancer Day. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-lifestyle-cancers.html Cancer Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:50:02 EST news247480780 Brachytherapy for high-risk prostate cancers patients has historically been considered a less effective modality, but a new study from radiation oncologists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson suggests otherwise. A population-based analysis looking at almost 13,000 cases revealed that men who received brachytherapy alone or in combination with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) had significantly reduced mortality rates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-brachytherapy-death-high-risk-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:00:27 EST news246733218 A new study finds that while colorectal cancer mortality rates dropped in the most recent two decades for every stage in both African Americans and whites, the decreases were smaller for African Americans, particularly for distant stage disease. The authors say concerted efforts to prevent or detect colorectal cancer at earlier stages in blacks could improve worsening black-white disparities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-colorectal-cancer-mortality-slower-african.html Cancer Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:34:06 EST news243776004 Although men have higher cancer mortality rates than women, they are less willing to be screened for cancer, according to a study conducted by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and colleagues at Sanoa Consulting LLC, Muscle Shoals, Ala., and the New York University College of Dentistry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-men-screened-cancer.html Health Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:31:40 EST news241191060 The south and southwest sides of Chicago suffer the most in terms of residents' health and access to basic health resources, according to a new study of 77 Chicago neighborhoods. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-chicago-south-side-unhealthy-neighborhoods.html Health Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:36:15 EST news232634161 Overall cancer mortality rates are higher for men than women in the United States, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-cancer-mortality-higher-men-women.html Cancer Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:44:28 EST news229697060 Improvements in colorectal cancer mortality rates are concentrated in the northern part of the United States, while southern states continue to fall behind, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-southern-states-lag-death-colorectal.html Cancer Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:41:55 EST news229228908 Older breast cancer patients with certain other health problems have higher mortality rates than patients without these problems according to a study published online June 30 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The other health problems, or 'comorbidities', include heart attack and other heart-related problems, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, and others. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-worse-outcomes-older-breast-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:25:10 EST news228673491 Pancreatic cancer has one of the highest mortality rates of any of the major cancers, and of the 43,000-plus Americans diagnosed with the disease each year, more than 94 percent die within five years of diagnosis. One reason for this high number of deaths is a lack of effective screening tools for catching the disease early. Now, in an effort to try to gain the upper hand on this deadly form of cancer, Mayo Clinic researchers believe they have found a new way to test for pancreatic cancer with DNA testing of patients' stool samples. The research was presented at the 2011 Digestive Disease Week conference, held May 7 in Chicago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-mayo-clinic-noninvasive-pancreatic-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 11 May 2011 10:43:55 EST news224329415