Women who face higher social needs, such as lack of transportation or hunger and social isolation, are much less likely to get their recommended mammograms.
Colon cancer rates and deaths are rising in younger people and that means screening might need to start earlier, said the CEO of the American Cancer Society.
Black men are more likely to have prostate cancer at lower test levels and are far more likely to die from it in South Carolina, so greater awareness is needed.
South Carolina outperforms the national average in getting longtime smokers into screening that can find lung cancers early and potentially save their lives. But survival still lags behind in the
While the overall incidence and death rates from cervical cancer have dropped in the U.S., the opposite has been occurring in Appalachian Kentucky – a steady increase. The death rate from cervical cancer in Appalachian Kentucky is now twice that of the national rate.