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Breast Cancer Incidence Still Rises and Death Rate Still Declines
Published on: October 2, 2024
A new ACS report says the steepest increase in breast cancer incidence rate is in White women under 50 and the Black-White mortality gap widens.
Cancer Care Lags for Hispanic People in the US
Published on: September 13, 2024
New report finds that obstacles to care decrease cancer screening, early detection, and survival rates for Hispanic people in the US compared to White people.
Study: New Genes Linked With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Published on: October 19, 2018
We've known that mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are linked with an increased risk for breast cancer. Now we know 5 other genes associated with a high risk for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).
A Pioneer in Developing Drugs for People with T-Cell Lymphoma
Published on: October 10, 2018
Owen A. O'Connor, MD, PhD, was awarded the prestigious American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor grant in July 2018. He was selected because of his expertise and ongoing work to develop drugs to improve treatments for people with Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas.. He's a professor and researcher at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, New York.
