All Posts: racial disparities

• $3.2 Million Grant Supports Study of New Genetic Testing Approach to Reduce Racial Health Disparities

  The National Cancer Institute has awarded a $3.2 million grant to investigators from Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey,  both NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, to examine a novel approach to genetic testing and care based on community-identified needs, with the aim of reducing racial disparity gaps in cancer care delivery.

  Category: News Release Tags: cancer prevention, genetic testing, racial disparities

• Starting Mammography at Age 40 Would Reduce Disparities in Deaths for Black Women

  WASHINGTON (October 18, 2021) — If Black women begin mammography screening every other year starting at age 40, breast cancer deaths could be reduced by 57 percent compared to starting screening 10 years later, according to analyses conducted by a modeling team that is part of the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network (CISNET), funded […]

  Category: News Release Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer research, cancer screening, health disparities, mammography, racial disparities