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Mashup Score: 1Why the Next Big Hope for Alzheimer’s Might Not Help Most Black Patients - 10 month(s) ago
Black patients and other minorities tend to be diagnosed at later stages of the disease, which would exclude them from use of Leqembi. Few Black people were included in the main trial of the drug.
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Mashup Score: 0Wolters Kluwer Health - 10 month(s) ago
JavaScript Error JavaScript has been disabled on your browser. You must enable it to continue. Here’s how to enable JavaScript in the following browsers: Internet Explorer From the Tools menu, select Options Click the Content tab Select Enable JavaScript Firefox From the Tools…
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Mashup Score: 0Population-Based Estimates for the Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis in the United States - 12 month(s) ago
This cohort study analyzes data from representative private, military, and public health insurance data sets to calculate the national prevalence of multiple sclerosis among Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, and non-Hispanic White individuals in the United States.
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Mashup Score: 2Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life for Individuals with Parkinson Disease Across Centers of Excellence - 1 year(s) ago
Background and objectives: Racial and ethnic minorities have been underrepresented in Parkinson’s disease (PD) research, limiting our understanding of treatments and outcomes across all non-White groups. The goal of this research is to investigate variability in health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and other outcomes in patients with PD across different races and ethnicities. Methods: This…
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The issue of racial inequity in health care is complex and multifactorial, and researchers have been working to isolate specific factors involved in these disparities.A study from researchers at Rutgers University suggests that in cases of pediatric cancer, the neighborhood in which a child lives has more of an effect on cancer outcomes than race and ethnicity alone.
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Mashup Score: 0Jefferson Health’s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center names vice president for cancer disparities - 1 year(s) ago
Edith P. Mitchell, MD, MACP, FCCP, FRCP (London), has been named enterprise vice president for cancer disparities at Jefferson Health’s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center. In this new role, Mitchell will be responsible for developing and coordinating operations for cancer care disparities across Jefferson.
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Mashup Score: 0Racial and Ethnic Disparity Hampers Kids' Sepsis Survival - 1 year(s) ago
Study turned up lower likelihood of survival for Black children
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Black women in the U.S. appeared less likely than white women to receive guideline-concordant treatment for ovarian cancer, according to a study published in Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Even among white women, the vast majority — more than 75% — did not receive surgery and chemotherapy as recommended by National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for
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Mashup Score: 0Neoadjuvant immunotherapy effective regardless of race in triple-negative breast cancer - 2 year(s) ago
Results of a phase 1/phase 2 study showed similar treatment outcomes among Black and non-Black women who received durvalumab plus chemotherapy prior to surgery for triple-negative breast cancer.Data published in Clinical Cancer Research revealed no statistically significant differences in efficacy outcomes according to race and no additional treatment-related adverse events.
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Mashup Score: 0Responses to neoadjuvant endocrine therapy for advanced breast cancer differ by race - 2 year(s) ago
Black women with advanced-stage hormone receptor-positive breast cancer experienced poor response to treatment with neoadjuvant endocrine therapy compared with white women with similar disease presentation, according to study results.The findings, presented during American Association for Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the
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