A new study by the American Cancer Society reveals that Black people are significantly more likely to die from certain types of cancer, owing to structural inequities in access both to health care and to information.
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The scope of cancer diagnoses is vast. The new study projects that there will be about 1,958,310 new U.S. cancer cases this year. Of that number, about 609,820 people are expected to die from cancer. Lung cancer is projected to be the leading type of cancer death for both men and women, followed by prostate and colorectal cancer in men and breast and colorectal cancer in women.
Siegel recommends that all men start having a conversation with their primary care provider at age 50 about the benefits and harms of Prostate-Specific Antigen testing, with a discussion of the individual risk. “Of course, women who have a family history of breast cancer should begin talking with their health care providers at a young age about screening,” Siegel said. “In general, women who are at average risk should have the opportunity to begin screening at 40. But we urge women to begin regular screening, annual screening, at age 45.”
The study attributes the impact of cancer mortality in the Black community to racial disparities, saying it is “largely a consequence of less access to high-quality care across the cancer continuum.” “One of the major determinants of how long you're going to live are factors like what your Zip code is, or your transportation,” Norton said. “Those are what are called social determinants of health. We have to specifically make sure that our health care systems are available to everybody, geographically and economically.”
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