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Published on: May 29, 2019
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other non-heterosexual cancer survivors have a lower quality of life than heterosexual cancer survivors, according to a study by Boston University and Harvard University researchers.
Published on: February 14, 2019
Cancer death rates have historically been higher for African Americans than for whites, but that gap has been narrowing over the past few decades.
Published on: January 22, 2019
A survey of oncologists finds that most say they don’t know enough about how to treat people in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) community, but want to learn more.
Published on: February 22, 2016
Cancer death rates among African Americans have decreased continuously over the past 2 decades, resulting in 300,000 cancer deaths that were avoided since the early 1990s, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society.
Published on: January 19, 2016
A new report from the American Cancer Society details the rates of new cancer cases and the rates of cancer deaths among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs).
Published on: October 29, 2015
A new report from the American Cancer Society finds that breast cancer rates among African-American women in the United States are increasing.
