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    The state’s program of free cancer screening and treatment is reducing inequities. Key to its success is robust outreach by patient navigators who connect with those least likely to seek care.

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    • How do you cure more cancer and decrease #healthcareDisparities? 1⃣pay for all cancer screenings 2⃣if cancer is found, also cover the costs of treatment 3⃣provide cultural and language concordant #patientNavigation https://t.co/uYHcQDXMbr

    • RT @ONSAlec: Delaware is reducing cancer disparities. One big reason? Patient navigators : Shots - Health News : NPR https://t.co/iuJc0tx2ZR

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    PURPOSE: Previous studies have shown health disparities among US-Mexico border county (BC) residents. However, the impact of BC residence on gastric cancer treatment and survival outcomes is unknown. Our study compares the receipt of guideline-concordant care (GCC) and survival for patients with gastric cancer by BC status. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective review of adult non-Hispanic White…

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    • US-Mexico border county residents with #gastriccancer are less likely to receive guideline-concordant care (OR 0.69) and have significantly worse survival outcomes (HR 1.1) than nonborder county residents. ➡️ https://t.co/YV8OJ6lRHF #HealthCareDisparities @Mporembka #JCOOP https://t.co/KYGUHI4nRX

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    Dr. Neeraj Agarwal, ASCO Daily News editor-in-chief, and director of the Genitourinary Cancers Program at the University of Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute, highlights key studies on disparities in GU cancers featured at the 2022 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium. Transcript:   ASCO Daily News: Hello and welcome to the ASCO Daily News Podcast. I’m Geraldine Carroll, a reporter for the ASCO…

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    • #ASCODaily Podcast: @neerajaiims of @UUtah @HuntsmanCancer highlights key studies from #GU22 that address disparities in care for patients with GU cancers. 🎧 https://t.co/XB06ndAZ0H #healthequity #healthcaredisparities

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    World Cancer Day will be observed Friday, Feb. 4.Union for International Cancer Control created World Cancer Day in 2000 to educate the public about the signs and symptoms of cancer to ensure early detection and treatment, encourage elected representatives to commit ample resources to reduce cancer mortality, and increase awareness that lifestyle behaviors can have a considerable effect on cancer

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    • .@drdonsdizon's work to #CloseTheCareGap w/ LGBTQ+ patients w/ cancer is cited in @GoHealio article, “7 important updates for #WorldCancerDay” 🙌 https://t.co/1GRd81b7oV #lgbtqcancer #queercancer #lgbthealth #healthequity #healthcaredisparities

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    • "A multipronged approach toward decreasing #financialtoxicity is likely needed to improve affordability and reduce #healthcaredisparities for our patients." 📰New in @trendscancer by @KShah0520, @yzafar, and myself https://t.co/Rt2oWkJDYM

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    PURPOSE: We investigated the association between race and FT among previous patients with cancer. Studies show that patients with cancer experience financial toxicity (FT) because of their cancer treatment. METHODS: Data on individuals with a cancer history were collected in this cross-sectional study during 2012, 2014, and 2017, from the US Health Information National Trends Survey. This survey…

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    • #FinancialToxicity and #HealthcareDisparities: Patients who are Black are x5 times more likely to be denied health insurance and x2 more likely to be hurt financially after a cancer diagnosis than patients who are white https://t.co/u6taHzOPqA #JCOOP @goldberghanan https://t.co/aM7z026tVn