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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.
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.
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.
July 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Patients, providers and the health care system all are contributing factors in higher cancer mortality among minorities.
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 ...
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 ...
April 11, 2005 | Story
How do black men suffering from prostate cancer fare in comparison to white men?
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."
December 1, 2006 | Program Result
Three grants from RWJF partially funded the health outreach, educational, clinical, and counseling activities of the Latina Health Project of the Planned Parenthood Association of Mercer Area, in Mercer County, N.J.