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PHILADELPHIA - Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the U.S. and the leading cause of cancer death, with about 80% of the total 154,000 deaths recorded each year caused by cigarette smoking. Black men are more likely to develop and die from lung cancer than persons of any other racial or ethnic group, pointing to severe racial disparities. For example, research has shown that Black patients are less likely to receive early diagnosis and life-saving treatments like surgery. Now researchers at Jefferson have found that a commonly used risk prediction model does not accurately identify high-risk Black patients who could gain life-saving benefit from early screening, and paves the way for improving screenings and guidelines. The research was published in
Historic, New CEO at American Cancer Society
April 14, 2021
Karen E. Knudsen, M.B.A., Ph.D., will become the first female chief executive officer (CEO) in the 107-year history of the American Cancer Society (ACS). She will be the first scientific and oncology researcher to serve in the top staff position in the modern era.
Knudsen also will become CEO of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), its advocacy affiliate, effective June 1. She will succeed Gary Reedy, who is retiring and has served as both organizations’ CEO since 2015.
The hiring of a female CEO signals a new era for ACS, where all of its past top leaders were men, even though its Women’s Field Army was credited for building what became the modern American Cancer Society, according to an ACS announcement.
Around the nation: House passes bill to delay Medicare cuts
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The House on Tuesday voted 384-38 to delay a 2% cut to Medicare payments for the remainder of 2021, in today s bite-sized hospital and health industry news from the District of Columbia, Georgia, and North Carolina.
District of Columbia: The House on Tuesday voted 384-38 to delay a 2% cut to Medicare payments for the remainder of 2021. The cuts were initially put in place with the 2011 Budget Control Act, which implemented the annual cuts as a way to reduce debt. The bill now heads to President Biden s desk, where it is expected to be signed into law (Hellmann,
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