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Today, doctors and scientists across America at National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers and other organizations issued a joint statement urging the nation s health care systems, physicians, parents and children, and young adults to get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination back on track.
Dramatic drops in annual well visits and immunizations during the COVID-19 pandemic have caused a significant vaccination gap and lag in vital preventive services among U.S. children and adolescents especially for the HPV vaccine. The pandemic also has exacerbated health disparities, leaving Black, Indigenous and other people of color; rural; and sexual minority adolescents at even greater risk for missed doses of this cancer prevention vaccine.
AHN Cancer Institute Becomes One of Nation’s First to Use Breakthrough Technology to Advance Radiation Therapy
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Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Cancer Institute is one of just six U.S. health systems, and the first in western Pennsylvania, to begin treating cancer patients with the Elekta Unity MR-Linac, an innovative first-of-its-kind technology that combines diagnostic quality Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and linear accelerator radiotherapy in one interactive machine to more accurately and safely eradicate malignant tumors.
The Elekta Unity MR-Linac at AHN Allegheny General Hospital
“The MR-Linac will enable us to deliver higher doses of radiation to cancerous tumors more accurately and safely.and is also uniquely suited to the treatment of tumors that cannot be treated with standard technologies. Tom Colonias, MD, Director of Thoracic Malignancies, AHN Cancer Institute
‘Cancer in Iowa’ report analyzes racial disparities in incidence, mortality of disease
‘Cancer in Iowa’ report analyzes racial disparities in incidence, mortality of disease
Black Iowans harder hit than other groups
The annual report finds Black people in Iowa are getting cancer and dying from it at higher rates than any other group in the state. Contributed image.
By: Tom Snee | 2021.03.10 | 09:46 am
Black people in Iowa are getting cancer and dying from it at higher rates than any other group in the state. According to the 2021
Cancer in Iowa report issued by the State Health Registry of Iowa, the age-adjusted cancer mortality rate for Black people in Iowa is more than 25% greater than it is for white Iowans.