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Improving Cancer Care for Everyone

WEBHow Dana-Farber Is Spearheading New Strategies to Correct Historical Trends and Disparities in Cancer Care and Prevention. Over the past 40 years, survival …

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Cancer FactFinder Website Launched to Provide Fact-Based, …

WEBA team led by the Zhu Family Center for Global Cancer Prevention at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Center for Cancer Equity and Engagement …

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A New Landscape for Cancer Survivors

WEBAccording to the American Cancer Society, approximately one in four cancer survivors report a decreased quality of life due to physical problems caused by cancer. …

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Online Testing Tool Identifies People Likely to Benefit from Genetic

WEBAn online tool developed by researchers and physicians at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute can accurately and rapidly identify people who should undergo testing …

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Dana-Farber CEO Laurie Glimcher Has Always Been a Trail-Blazer …

WEBGlimcher was on the fence. She was 59 and had lived most of her life in Boston. It seemed another big risk.Glimcher took it. “We all thought her time at Cornell …

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Addressing Cancer Inequities

WEBAddressing Cancer Inequities. Dana-Farber's Christopher Lathan, MD, MS, MPH, faculty director for cancer care equity, details health equity research that highlights key findings …

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New Study Reveals Elevated Rates of Blood Cancer Precursor …

WEBPeople over 50 who are Black or have a close relative with a blood cancer were found in the PROMISE study to have a rate of 13 percent of monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance (MGUS), which can progress to multiple myeloma.

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Study Finds Racial Inequities in Access to Opioids Among Older …

WEBAndrea C. Enzinger, MD. Older Black and Hispanic patients with advanced cancer are less likely to receive opioid medications for pain relief in the last weeks of life …

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More Than 25% of Cancer Survivors Report Significant Levels of

WEBData for the study came from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a nationwide, telephone-based survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that collected data on health-related risk behaviors and chronic medical conditions among U.S. adults.

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Boston Needs its Own Cancer Center. Dana-Farber and Beth Israel

WEBBoston Needs its Own Cancer Center. Dana-Farber and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Will Create it October 25, 2023

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U.S. News & World Report

WEBU.S. News & World Report Names Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center Among Nation's Best For 2022-2023. For the 22nd consecutive year, Dana-Farber …

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Oncology Researchers Raise Ethics Concerns Posed by Patient …

WEBThe authors note that while AI has immense potential for expanding access to cancer care and improving the ability to detect, diagnose, and treat cancer, medical …

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U.S. News & World Report Names Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer …

WEBFor the 23rd consecutive year, Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center has been recognized as a Best Hospital for cancer care by U.S. News & World Report.This …

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Cancer Signals Hidden in Blood Now Visible with Dana-Farber …

WEBDana-Farber’s Matthew L. Freedman, MD, has spent the better part of the last decade cataloging the epigenetic signatures that occur in different types of cancer. …

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50 Years of Innovation, Progress, and Exceptional Care in Stem Cell

WEB50 Years of Innovation, Progress, and Exceptional Care in Stem Cell Transplantation. November 29, 2022. Fifty years ago, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital initiated a joint bone marrow transplant program. In the early 1980s, Dana-Farber launched its own transplant program. When the programs merged …

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Dana-Farber Researchers Launch New Project to Investigate How

WEBResearchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Rutgers University Cancer Institute are investigating what it is about neighborhoods that may increase a …

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Andrew Hantel, MD

WEBAndrew Hantel, MD is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and faculty member in the Divisions of Leukemia and Population Sciences at Dana-Farber Cancer …

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Laurie H. Glimcher, MD, Selected for STAT's 2024 STATUS List

WEBLaurie H. Glimcher, MD, president and CEO of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is named to STAT's 2024 STATUS List, featuring 50 influential people shaping the future of health …

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Dana-Farber Research Publication 3.1.2022

WEBDana-Farber Research Publication 3.1.2022. March 1, 2022. View Archive Newsletters. March 1, 2022. This twice-monthly newsletter highlights the research endeavors at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, noting recently published papers available from PubMed where Dana-Farber faculty are listed as first or senior authors. Blood.

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