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Cuba – Battling cancer with biotechnology Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Cuba , after cardiovascular diseases. It is estimated that every year about 21 000 people die of cancer on the island and more than 31 000 cancer cases are newly diagnosed. “Cancer is one of the major ...

African American Men And Prostate Cancer: Be Your Own Advocate ... September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed type of cancer among American men.

Cuba's lung cancer vaccine is heading to the US for clinical trials  - Cancer Institute, told Fox News Latino . "It will treat people with lung cancer and could potentially prevent cancer in people who don't already have it.

Latin America Faces Cancer Epidemic : While the cancer incidence in the United States and Europe remains higher, people with cancer in Latin America are more likely to die from the disease. For every 22 cases of cancer in Latin America , 13 will die from it. In contrast, there are 13 deaths ... Medical Daily

Early-onset baldness in African-American men may be linked to prostate cancer Baldness was associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer among African-American men, and risk for advanced prostate cancer increased with younger age and type of baldness, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers ...

Study may shed light on why more African - American men die of prostate cancer - Health disparities in prostate cancer are well known by doctors who treat the disease. African - American men are more likely to get prostate cancer, are ...

Cancer deaths fall for African-American men, disparities remain ... : The latest report on cancer among African - Americans shows a good-news, bad-news scenario. While racial gaps are closing for some types of cancers, including fewer cancer deaths among African - American men, disparities are increasing ...

Racial Disparity In Cancer Mortality Continued To Narrow After 2000  - Cancer mortality remains significantly elevated among African - Americans but if recent trends continue, cancer outcomes will disappear over time, ...

Cancer: "epidemic" among anti-US Latin American leaders?: Voice ... : Before his death during many public speeches Hugo Chavez called cases of cancer among presidents throughout Latin America an “epidemic” and a strange and alarming phenomenon. Not only was cancer spreading with non-coincidental ... Español | Las Américas | Português | America | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Cancer rates in Latin America skyrocketing, experts say : But the death rate is much higher, the research team says. In Latin America , it stands at 13 deaths for every 22 cancer cases, while it is 13 deaths for every 37 cases of cancer in the U.S., and approximately 13 deaths for every 30 cases in Europe.

Cuba Announces Release of the World's First Lung Cancer Vaccine : By Clay Dillow - Cuba is known for exporting cigars, but it might soon be known for exporting a lung cancer vaccine researchers say can turn advanced lung cancer into a manageable chronic illness. ... Popular Science

Racial disparity in cancer mortality is narrowing, suggests new study  - Cancer mortality remains significantly elevated among African Americans . ... If current trends continue, racial disparities in cancer outcomes are ...

Breast cancer deaths have dropped in many countries - The analysis shows that deaths to breast cancer fell in 39 of 47 countries ... For instance, in Latin America , while breast cancer rates for women of all ...

Cancer Statistics about African Americans Released In conjunction with Black History Month, the American Cancer Society has released Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans , statistics published every 2 ...

Breast cancer becoming as common among African - American women as among white women  - Breast cancer rates among African American ... The distribution of breast cancer subtypes varies by race /ethnicity. Black ...

Cancer Mortality Rate Is Declining In 9 Latin American Countries  - Overall cancer mortality has declined in some countries of the Americas , though it remains the second most common cause of death according to Cancer in the  ...

Colorectal Cancer Screening for African Americans : It's about Prevention, Not Just Detection  - Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in both African American men and women. More than 18,000 new cases of colorectal ...

African-American Women More Likely to Die of Breast Cancer : African-American women with breast cancer are much more likely to die from it than women of other ethnic groups are, according to a new study from the American Association for Cancer Research. “Our study provides the ...

African - American Women and Breast Cancer Risk  - According to the American Cancer Society's Breast Cancer Facts and ... white and African American women, there remains a substantial racial gap.

Q&A: African - American women face greater breast cancer risks TAMPA — Sonia Franklin was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999. She was treated successfully, but set out to educate herself about the condition. In 2008, she learned at a conference about something she had not heard of: triple negative breast cancer ...