The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified inequities that historically underrepresented populations have faced for decades in the U.S. health care setting. Disparities in COVID-19 cases and mortality emerged early during the pandemic in the United States, with mortality rates more than twice as high among Blacks than whites. Such disparities already had been well-established in cancer …
EmpowerRT, a social enterprise company spun out from the University of North Carolina(UNC), has an impressive goal: to help resource-limited cancer clinics in developing countries improve radiotherapy, at just 5–10% of the cost of purchasing modern technology. Currently, there is a huge disparity in cancer care across the world. About 70% of deaths from cancer occur …
The American Cancer Society says that each year in the United States, an estimated 15,780 children between the ages of birth and 19 years are diagnosed with cancer. Approximately 1 in 285 children in the country will be diagnosed with cancer before their 20th birthday. On average, 200 children are diagnosed with cancer every week in the United States. Because of …
Judy Liming, from Georgetown, Ohio, embodied the broken U.S. healthcare system. She was mistreated, mischarged, bankrupted, and broken by her care. Like countless other Americans, Judy, who died of complications from breast cancer this summer at the age of 65, was not a patient but a victim of American medicine. COVID-19 is currently dominating public discussion and debate. …
A Paediatrician at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Dr Emmanuella Amoako, has called for support for the treatment of childhood cancers to ease the financial burden on parents and guardians. She suggested the possible adoption of children with cancers by organisations and other well-meaning individuals to reduce the burden on affected families. Dr Amoako noted that the …
The following article features coverage from the 2020 ONA Virtual Navigation Summit. Click here to read more of Oncology Nurse Advisor‘s conference coverage. In addition, the original presentation is available for on-demand viewing and CNE credit until September 2021, click here to access. The addition of immunotherapy has resulted in many improvements in oncology care in the last 10 years. …
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Sherry Russell of Woodstock believes her husband Charles would be alive today were it not for the “medical malpractice” of HealthAlliance Hospital, River Radiology and a Kingston radiologist, her lawyer said Saturday. In a malpractice lawsuit filed in state Supreme Court in Ulster County on Friday, Sept. 11, Russell claims a one-year delay …
NORWAY — The Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine, (CRCofWM) located in the Stephens Memorial Hospital Specialty Clinic building at 199 Main St, Norway, announces their schedule of FREE virtual classes for the month of September. Anyone impacted by cancer (cancer survivors and caregivers) may participate. If you are new to the CRCofWM, please call (207) …
DAR staff will work during the month of September to put together an annual magazine featuring women who are undergoing or have undergone treatment for breast cancer. I’ve written many of these stories over the years and had an opportunity to meet some amazing women and their families. One of the most heartbreaking stories was …
Sarah Thomas spent years caring for her terminally ill mum, Claire. But when she died of cancer in June, Sarah took over the “really scary” role of sole guardianship of her 14-year-old brother James. “Mum was determined to live until I was 18 years old so I could be my brother’s legal guardian. When she …