Each month, the Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based cancer control and geographic health disparities. Below you will find the latest posts, updated regularly throughout the month.
(Last updated: January 21, 2021)
Place-Based Cancer Control News and Research
- A study on racial disparities and diagnosis-to-treatment time in South Carolina finds that Black women living in rural areas had higher odds of receiving late chemotherapy compared to their White counterparts.
- A study on geographic disparities in breast cancer risk finds that breast cancer risk is not uniformly distributed across the U.S. and incidence patterns varied.
General Cancer Control News and Research
- American Cancer Society releases Cancer Statistics, 2021 article, which provides the estimated numbers of new cancer cases and deaths in 2021, as well as a comprehensive overview of cancer occurrence based on the most current population‐based data.
- The George Washington Cancer Center has released an updated HPV Vaccine Facts for Health Care Providers Toolkit. This toolkit is designed to help public health professionals establish a social media strategy to encourage providers to effectively talk to parents and adolescents about the HPV vaccine.
- A recent study assessing patients in the largest health care system in the northeastern U.S. shows a sharp decline in cancer screenings and diagnoses during the first COVID-19 surge.
- Researchers have discovered how certain therapies can activate antiviral immune pathways in triple negative breast cancers (TNBC) to trigger tumor cell death and signal the body’s immune response.
- Researchers develop a pilot study program to examine the feasibility of performing targeted screening mammograms during hospitalizations to help remove barriers that low-income patients face in the outpatient setting.
- January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Cervical cancer can be prevented through the use of screening tests and vaccines to prevent human papillomavirus (HPV). Learn more at CDC’s Cervical Cancer Awareness resource.
- An experimental study finds a potentially new treatment approach for advanced breast cancer using a modified form of immunotherapy.
- A recent study finds that inflammation from hormone therapy, also called androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), may cause fatigue in prostate cancer patients.
