"African Americans are about 20% more likely to get colorectal cancer and about 40% more likely to die from it than most other groups." @DanaFarber's Jeffrey Meyerhardt, MD, MPH, in @BayStateBanner discusses disparities & signs/symptoms. @DFarberYoungCRC
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DYK drinking alcohol is a leading cause of cancer that can be avoided? Each year 20,000 people die in the U.S. from alcohol-related cancer. Find out how drinking alcohol can raise your risk of cancer: https://t.co/cqvPZVHbfa
#cancerawareness#alcoholawareness
Of the 72 centers designated by the National Cancer Institute, Dana-Farber has played a foundational role in over half the cancer drugs approved by the #FDA in the last 5 years.
Dana-Farber has been making one landmark #cancer discovery after another for over 75 years.
We are proud to be among the nation’s leading health care services in providing impactful navigation services to our patients & applaud the administration in working to make them more accessible. @WhiteHouse https://t.co/i5W28Xq9KJ
What are the risk factors for #gynecologiccancers?
Susanne Menon, NP, women's health nurse practitioner at Dana-Farber, helps break down these factors for prevention & early detection. #GYN
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CRI's 2024 Spanish-Language Immunotherapy Patient Summit provides Spanish-speaking cancer patients and caregivers with the latest on immunotherapy and clinical trials, at no cost! Discover sessions led by experts, including @NarjustFlorezMD of @DanaFarber: https://t.co/ThZ7NSkIn4
In the last five years, Dana-Farber has played a foundational role in more than half the cancer drugs approved by the FDA.
Dana-Farber’s revolutionary discoveries are changing cancer treatment everywhere.
#DanaFarber#CancerTreatment
Today we welcome @KimmieNgMD, MPH as a JAMA Associate Editor.
Dr Ng is Associate Chief of the Division of Gastrointestinal Oncology at @DanaFarber Cancer Institute & Associate Professor of Medicine at @harvardmed. She specializes in gastrointestinal cancers. #OncTwitter
In this podcast episode of Cancer Questions, @DrHBurstein highlights what you should know about #breastcancer screening.
Listen now: https://t.co/HKb0sbm8Wd
You can also find Cancer Questions with Dana-Farber wherever you get your podcasts.
A recording of Dr. @KimmieNgMD's #GI24 keynote lecture is now available, "The Growing Problem of Early-Onset Gastrointestinal Cancers."
Watch here ➡️ https://t.co/oEpW2D1UQu #gicsm#OncTwitter
Do you know your risk for #BreastCancer and #OvarianCancer?
AssessYourRisk is a free, interactive quiz that provides a personalized assessment of baseline risk and potential next steps.
Take the quiz today: https://t.co/mIP1AiQsUB
So happy to visit with our past GLOBE Scholars at SIOP, including Imelda Busingye from Uganda.
For more information about our Pediatric Global Oncology and Blood Disorders Education (GLOBE) observership and programs visit
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#SIOPcongress#SIOP2023#DFBC #GlobalHealth @WorldSIOP
HRH Princess Dina Mired of Jordan, mother of cancer survivor, challenged attendees to work to make new cancer advances accessible to all children with cancer, including low and middle income countries. #siopcongress#dfbc @DFBC_PedCare
Robert (Bob) Walthall has passed. A prolific writer and poet, Bob taught at Roxbury Community College and Winston-Salem State University. He hosted “The S.A.N.E. Society” radio show on Harvard University’s WHRB from 1970-1987. https://t.co/KjOiWZjPtL
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Rise in cancer among younger people worries and puzzles doctors: @DanaFarber's Kimmie Ng, MD, MPH, and Brian Wolpin, MD, MPH, featured on the front page of the Sunday @BostonGlobe.
@DFarberYoungCRC@DanaFarber_Hale
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