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Prostate cancer education is heading into Black barbershops through Case Western Reserve University program


Prostate cancer education is heading into Black barbershops through Case Western Reserve University program
Posted May 11, 2021
“Prostate cancer is big in our community,” says Urban Kutz Barbershops owner Waverly Willis, a member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Community Advisory Board. Willis is part of a CWRU program that aims to educate Black men about prostate cancer by making information available in barbershops.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio In the African American community, barbershops are spaces where men shoot the breeze, hang with friends and get a trim. Thanks to a new Case Western Reserve University program, it’s where they’ll be able to learn about prostate cancer by year’s end. ....

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A calculator that predicts risk of lung cancer underperforms in diverse populations


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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 ....

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Newton Seniors Win National Merit Corporate Scholarship


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Several Newton teens are among roughly 1,000 seniors who ve won a corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship award. (Jenna Fisher/Patch)
NEWTON, MA Four Newton teens students are among roughly 1,000 seniors nationwide who ve won a corporate-sponsored 2021 National Merit Scholarship award, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced Wednesday.
Around 140 corporations, company foundations, and other business organizations financed the 1,000 corporate-sponsored scholarships.
Massachusetts students represented 27 of these winners in the first round of National Merit Scholarships. New Hampshire students represented three of the winners, and Rhode Island students represented one. Many corporate-sponsored awards can be used for up to four years of undergraduate education, ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 per year. ....

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