Nurse Leader Combats Cancer Among African Immigrant Women
July 25, 2013 | Story
Ifeanyi (Ify) Anne Nwabukwu, winner of prestigious RWJF Community Health Leader award, is working to narrow health disparities.
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Interventions to Improve Care Related to Colorectal Cancer Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Researchers systematically reviewed the medical literature for interventions conducted within health care systems that have the potential to decrease racial and ethnic disparities in the care of colorectal cancer.
Nurse Leader Helps Lead Battle against Breast Cancer in African American Women
September 29, 2011 | Story
As a young girl, RWJF Fellow Janice Phillips bore painful witness to the scourge of breast cancer; now she's a renowned leader of the campaign to end it.
Cervical Cancer Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Interventions for Racial and Ethnic Minorities
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Researchers conducted a systematic review of the research literature to determine which interventions improve cervical cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis or treatment for racial or ethnic minorities in the United States
Racial Disparities in Stage-Specific Colorectal Cancer Mortality
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
U.S. Blacks with colorectal cancer are increasingly more likely to die than their White peers diagnosed at similar stages of the disease, probably due to differences in care, according to this analysis of national data from the past four decades.
Understanding Racial Disparities in Cancer Treatment and Outcomes
July 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Patients, providers and the health care system all are contributing factors in higher cancer mortality among minorities.
Taking a Stand Against Breast Cancer
September 25, 2007 | Story
"I loved operations and I loved what I was doing," she says. "Now I was pushed in front of the media. And the staff was looking for stabilization and answers that I couldn't give. I reached out to the fellowship program for help."
Racial Disparities in Rectal Cancer Treatment
February 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality in the United States. Recently, there has been a small, but palpable decline in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality; yet for black patients the rate of decline has been less tha ...
Racial Differences in Survival Among Men with Prostate Cancer and Comorbidity at Time of Diagnosis
May 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Black men with prostate cancer have poorer disease-specific and overall survival rates than do their U.S. White counterparts. Comorbidity at the time of diagnosis has been shown to predict both overall survival and cause-specific mortality among Whi ...
Chromosomal Fragile Sites: The Relationship with Hepatitis B Virus and Liver Cancers
September 30, 2008 | Story
"I've always been a very curious person-sometimes to my parents' chagrin because I would take things apart and not be able to put them back together," Roberts recalls.