@ASCO22 Tag

09 Jun

Posted at 11:07h in ASCO, Author Interviews, Breast Cancer, Cancer Research, Race/Ethnic Diversity
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: [caption id="attachment_59217" align="alignleft" width="92"]Sachi Singhal, MD Department of Medicine Crozer Chester Medical Center Upland, PA  Dr. Singhal[/caption] Sachi Singhal, MD Department of Medicine Crozer Chester Medical Center Upland, PA MedicalResearch.com:  What is the background for this study?  What are the main findings? Response: This study focuses on analysing the National Inpatient Sample for patients with breast cancer, their breakdown by race, gender and US regions, and their mortality per sub-group. The main findings are that African Americans, especially AA women are at significantly increased odds of dying from metastatic breast cancer in the United States.

08 Jun

Posted at 13:49h in ASCO, Author Interviews, Cancer Research, COVID -19 Coronavirus, NYU/NYMC
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Katherine Garcia MD NYU Langone Health MedicalResearch.com:  What is the background for this study?  Response: Studies on cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic have shown a decrease in new diagnoses, delays in care, and a shift to later stage disease presentations. Considering that NY has been an epicenter for COVID-19 in the U.S., we investigated its impact on new cancer diagnoses at the two campuses of NYU’s Perlmutter Cancer Center and hypothesized that there would be a decrease in presentations during the peak outbreaks in NY.