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Oct 3, 2023 Genetic Ancestry and Social Environment may Influence How Aggressive Breast Cancer is in Black Women In the News

For Black women, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and as of 2019 has surpassed lung cancer as the leading cause of cancer death in this population, according to the American Cancer Society. Additionally, studies have shown a high ...

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Oct 3, 2023 Why Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Need to Include More Black Women In the News

Researchers are working to improve outcomes for Black women with breast cancer – including through increased participation in clinical trials, which helps find better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. Coral Omene, MD, PhD, program director of ...

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Oct 3, 2023 Mammograms are Crucial to Women’s Health: Here’s why In the News

While researchers continue to make advancements in cancer detection and treatment for breast cancer, one of the best ways to tackle the disease is through early detection and screening with mammography. Mridula George, MD, associate program director of ...

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Oct 3, 2023 Should I be Worried about Breast Cancer in my 20’s? In the News

Although breast cancer in young women is still rare, affecting only 4-6 percent of women under the age of 40, in recent years, research is showing that cancers are on the rise for younger Americans under 50. Breast cancer accounts for the highest number of ...

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Sep 15, 2023 The Exec: Physician Cultural Shift from Autonomy to Administrator Partners In the News

Carol Ash, DO, MBA According, to Dr. Carol Ash, DO, MBA , CMO of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway , “to promote quality care, physicians must shift from a model of professionalism based on self-governance and autonomy to a model based on ...

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Sep 12, 2023 Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Places Final Steel Beam for New Cancer Center Building In the News

Celebratory events held for patients, survivors, donors, and staff as hospital marks construction milestone. Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (CBMC), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, raised the final steel beam today on its freestanding Cancer Center, now ...

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Sep 7, 2023 Expert Addresses Stigma, Disparities in Prostate Cancer In the News

As the most common cancer (after skin cancer) and second leading cancer cause of death in American men, prostate cancer is among the largest health concerns for men today. David M. Golombos, MD , urologic oncologist in the Urologic Oncology Program at ...

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Sep 7, 2023 Gynecologic Cancers: Know Your Body, Empower Each Other In the News

Gynecologic cancer is the growth and spread of cancer cells in the cervix, ovaries, uterus, fallopian tubes, vagina, vulva– also known as the reproductive organs. Eugenia Girda, MD, FACOG , a gynecologic oncologist at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey ...

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Sep 7, 2023 Answers from an Expert: Bone Marrow Transplant for Kids with Sickle Cell Disease In the News

Sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder that affects red blood cells, causes significant health problems for children, which can worsen as they become adults and even shorten their lifespan. In recent years, bone marrow transplant (BMT), also known as stem ...

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