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.
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The Loneliness of Fighting a Rare Cancer
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
After her mother is diagnosed with gallbladder cancer, a journalist researches how to help find effective therapies for patients who get rare diseases.
Barriers of and Facilitators to Physician Recommendation of Colorectal Cancer Screening
December 1, 2007 | Journal Article
This study looked at barriers of and facilitators to physician recommendation of colorectal cancer screening.
A Story from Project Safe Conduct
May 15, 2008 | Program Result
A large portion of the Safe Conduct team's efforts takes the form of gentle and persistent probing for problems that patients choose to keep to themselves.
Project Safe Conduct: Collaborative Interagency Program to Improve End-of-Life Care for Cancer Patients and Their Families
May 15, 2008 | Program Result
Case Western Reserve University, in partnership with Hospice of the Western Reserve and the Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospital, created Project Safe Conduct.
Racial Differences in Surviving Prostate Cancer
April 11, 2005 | Story
How do black men suffering from prostate cancer fare in comparison to white men?
Physician Faculty Scholar Explores Latinos' Access to Preventive Care
December 2, 2009 | Story
Michael Dulin finds Spanish speakers less likely to get colorectal cancer screenings.
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.
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.
Keith L. Black, MD
January 31, 2008 | Story
Black pioneered research on designing ways to open the blood-brain barrier, enabling chemotherapeutic drugs to be delivered directly into a tumor.