Social Determinants: Page 3

Race, ethnicity, health variables contribute to BAC risk in women
By Amerigo Allegretto
Hispanic, Black, and older women have a higher prevalence of breast arterial calcification (BAC) on mammography, a possible biomarker for coronary artery disease, according to a study published August 27 in the Annals of Epidemiology.
August 30, 2022
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Hispanic ethnicity underreported in breast cancer studies
By Amerigo Allegretto
Hispanic ethnicity is reported in less than half of breast cancer studies and less than one-third of such studies categorize race and ethnicity into mutually exclusive groups, a study published August 25 in JAMA Oncology found.
August 24, 2022
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Race, ethnicity tied to risk of delayed follow-up breast imaging
By Amerigo Allegretto
Women who identify as Black, Asian, or Hispanic are nearly 1.5 times more at risk for delayed follow-up than white women when it comes to mammograms classified as incomplete on BI-RADS, according to a study published August 17 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
August 17, 2022
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AI can predict patient demographics from chest x-rays
By Erik L. Ridley
Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms can identify a patient's demographic information with a high level of accuracy on chest x-rays, according to research published August 11 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
August 11, 2022
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CT screening evens out gender disparity in lung cancer mortality
By Brian Casey
Men with lung cancer have a much higher risk of mortality compared with women, says a new paper published August 1 in Lung Cancer. But this difference disappears if they got CT lung screening, suggesting that screening can even out gender disparities.
August 2, 2022
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Insurance type influences adherence to follow-up imaging
By Amerigo Allegretto
Patients with Medicaid have four times lower odds of completing follow-up imaging compared with patients with commercial insurance, a study published July 25 in Clinical Imaging found.
July 25, 2022
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Biden creates new cancer care model for Medicare patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Biden administration has announced the Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM), a new model to improve cancer care among Medicare patients and address health equity.
June 26, 2022
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Racial, ethnic groups face longer diagnostic delays after mammogram
By Amerigo Allegretto
Black U.S. women are most likely to experience delays in diagnosis after being recommended for biopsy for abnormal screening mammography results, suggests a study published June 23 in JAMA Oncology.
June 23, 2022
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Mammographic results vary across racial, ethnic groups
By Amerigo Allegretto
Non-Hispanic Black women are more likely to receive a false-negative breast cancer report and non-Hispanic white women have higher invasive cancer detection rates, wrote the authors of a study published June 17 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
June 16, 2022
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Study finds racial inequity in imaging rates at pediatric EDs
By Erik L. Ridley
A large cross-sectional study encompassing 38 children's hospitals and more than 12 million pediatric emergency department (ED) visits has found significant differences in imaging utilization among racial and ethnic groups.
June 2, 2022
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Race, education affect perceptions of mammography reports
By Erik L. Ridley
A woman's race and education level can significantly impact how they view the quality of mammography reports and how much they trust their radiologist, according to a talk at the recent Society of Breast Imaging/American College of Radiology symposium.
May 31, 2022
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Black Americans in rural areas more likely to die of cancer
By Kate Madden Yee
Black Americans living in rural settings are more vulnerable to dying of lung, prostate, breast, and colorectal cancer than their non-Black peers, even when sociodemographics and tumor characteristics are taken into account, according to a study published May 19 in JAMA Network Open.
May 19, 2022
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