COVID-19 has hit the hardest smack at the intersection of racial, gender, and economic disparities, disproportionately impacting the most vulnerable amongst us. Black and Brown communities have been much more likely than whites to suffer illness and financial hardship due to COVID-19. The closure of schools and childcare facilities has put a whole generation of …
Researchers at the University of Nottingham and cancer treatment developing company Scancell are expecting to begin human trials in the later half of this year with the aim of releasing an effective jab in early 2022. British scientists are hoping to intensify the fight against Covid by manufacturing a universal version of the vaccine to …
Novi, MI — Ten-year-old Filip Ivanovic from Serbia has one of the rarest farms of cancer known. His parents have tried everything to help him, visiting doctors in Serbia and in Germany to seek treatment for this very difficult-to-cure cancer. Now, they’ve brought him to MD Anderson Hospital in Houston Texas, where he can receive the …
The good news on cancer? According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), cancer incidence and mortality overall are declining in all population groups in the U.S.—due in large part to impressive advances in diagnosis and treatment as well as increased public awareness of the need for regular screenings. The bad news? Minority populations – Blacks …
Nearly 69% of southeast Asia’s cases of acute lymphoid leukemia, the most common cancer in children, were in India Cancer remained a leading cause of death among children. In 2020, 262,281 children (aged 0-14 years) were diagnosed with cancer globally. Of them, nearly 45 per cent are in Africa and southeast Asia, according to World …
A recent report on the state of Cancer in Rwanda presented early this month on World Cancer Day shows that cervical cancer (cervix uteri) remains the most dominant among the 10 cancers diagnosed in Rwanda. This is followed by breast, prostate, stomach, and leukemia among the top five cancers while lung and skin cancers remained …
Among the many health-related concerns during the Covid-19 pandemic are life-threatening illnesses that are going undiagnosed or being overlooked because people fear visiting medical facilities. For non-profit organisation, Rainbows and Smiles Foundation, a major worry is that early warning signs of childhood cancer are being missed, which could result in treatment starting too late for …
Colorectal cancer screening rates jumped by more than 1,000 percent when researchers sent take-at-home tests to patients overdue for testing at a community health center that predominantly serves people of color. Instead of the oft-standard text message that simply reminds a patient that they are overdue for screening, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine …
February 8, 2021 — Cancer ranks as a leading cause of death in every country in the world, and, for the first time, female breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer, overtaking lung cancer, according to a collaborative report, Global Cancer Statistics 2020, from the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Data show that 1 in 5 …
The first-ever virtual American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress convened Oct. 3-7, 2020. Here, General Surgery News presents highlights from the scientific forum Surgical patients prefer a face-to-face discussion about the cost of care before their surgery, but some do not want to have these conversations with their surgeons, according to a small study. Seventeen …