{"id":18651,"date":"2020-09-10T10:01:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T10:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/salud\/afroamericanos-tienen-probabilidades-morir-cancer-colorrectal-culpa-sistema"},"modified":"2020-09-10T10:01:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T10:01:32","slug":"los-afroamericanos-tienen-mas-probabilidades-de-morir-de-cancer-colorrectal-y-la-culpa-es-del-sistema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/los-afroamericanos-tienen-mas-probabilidades-de-morir-de-cancer-colorrectal-y-la-culpa-es-del-sistema\/","title":{"rendered":"African Americans are more likely to die from colorectal cancer, and the system is to blame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/44f028\/mcznzfmurjaexnfzmif46okumq\/1024_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Los afroamericanos tienen m\u00e1s probabilidades de morir de c\u00e1ncer colorrectal, y la culpa es del sistema\">\n    <\/p>\n<p><strong>Chadwick Boseman<\/strong>, quien interpretara al Rey T&#8217;Challa en la pel\u00edcula <em>Black Panther<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espinof.com\/actores-y-actrices\/muere-chadwick-boseman-estrella-marvel-black-panther-a-43-anos\">muri\u00f3 recientemente<\/a> de c\u00e1ncer de colon a los 43 a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s de a\u00f1os de lucha.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 1 --><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2770282\">study<\/a> realizado con 16.382 pacientes ha hallado que los afroamericanos, de hecho, tienen menos probabilidades de recibir atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica que les salve la vida, como la quimioterapia, por lo que tienen <strong>un 17% m\u00e1s de probabilidad de morir por c\u00e1ncer de colon que sus pares blancos<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 2 --><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica deficiente<\/h2>\n<p>The researchers of <strong>Centro M\u00e9dico Nacional City of Hope<\/strong> en California analizaron datos de 2000 a 2012 sobre pacientes de California con c\u00e1ncer de colon que se disemin\u00f3 al h\u00edgado, comparando tratamientos, resultados y datos demogr\u00e1ficos como raza, edad, sexo y problemas de salud concurrentes.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 3 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"desvio-container\">\n<div class=\"desvio\">\n<div class=\"desvio-figure js-desvio-figure\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medicina\/se-logra-crear-eficientemente-version-sintetica-compuesto-muy-prometedor-como-agente-cancer\" ><br \/>\n     <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Se&#x20;logra&#x20;crear&#x20;eficientemente&#x20;la&#x20;versi&#x00F3;n&#x20;sint&#x00E9;tica&#x20;de&#x20;un&#x20;compuesto&#x20;muy&#x20;prometedor&#x20;como&#x20;agente&#x20;contra&#x20;el&#x20;c&#x00E1;ncer\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/07590d\/2-cancer\/375_142.jpg\"><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<div class=\"desvio-summary\">\n<div class=\"desvio-taxonomy js-desvio-taxonomy\">\n     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medicina\/se-logra-crear-eficientemente-version-sintetica-compuesto-muy-prometedor-como-agente-cancer\" class=\"desvio-taxonomy-anchor\">In Xataka Science<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medicina\/se-logra-crear-eficientemente-version-sintetica-compuesto-muy-prometedor-como-agente-cancer\" class=\"desvio-title js-desvio-title\">It is possible to efficiently create the synthetic version of a very promising compound as an anti-cancer agent<\/a>\n   <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Descubrieron que las personas negras tienen un 10% menos de probabilidad en general de recibir un tratamiento para el c\u00e1ncer colorrectal que les salve la vida. Tambi\u00e9n tienen un 17% m\u00e1s de probabilidad de morir que sus pares blancos.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 4 --><\/p>\n<p>Seg\u00fan la investigaci\u00f3n, esto podr\u00eda atribuirse a factores como la <strong>menor tasa de derivaci\u00f3n a especialistas en c\u00e1ncer<\/strong>, la detecci\u00f3n tard\u00eda de met\u00e1stasis de c\u00e1ncer colorrectal y las barreras informadas por los pacientes, que incluyen el miedo al c\u00e1ncer y su tratamiento, los costos y las cargas del transporte y el cuidado de los ni\u00f1os durante la terapia.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 5 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"desvio-container\">\n<div class=\"desvio\">\n<div class=\"desvio-figure js-desvio-figure\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/biologia\/actividad-humana-podria-estar-detras-cancer-que-sufren-mejillones-almejas-berberechos\" ><br \/>\n     <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"La&#x20;actividad&#x20;humana&#x20;podr&#x00ED;a&#x20;estar&#x20;detr&#x00E1;s&#x20;del&#x20;c&#x00E1;ncer&#x20;que&#x20;sufren&#x20;los&#x20;mejillones,&#x20;las&#x20;almejas&#x20;y&#x20;los&#x20;berberechos\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/cb54b3\/mussels-419052_960_720\/375_142.jpg\"><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<div class=\"desvio-summary\">\n<div class=\"desvio-taxonomy js-desvio-taxonomy\">\n     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/biologia\/actividad-humana-podria-estar-detras-cancer-que-sufren-mejillones-almejas-berberechos\" class=\"desvio-taxonomy-anchor\">In Xataka Science<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/biologia\/actividad-humana-podria-estar-detras-cancer-que-sufren-mejillones-almejas-berberechos\" class=\"desvio-title js-desvio-title\">La actividad humana podr\u00eda estar detr\u00e1s del c\u00e1ncer que sufren los mejillones, las almejas y los berberechos<\/a>\n   <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That is to say, <strong>que no estamos simplemente ante factores gen\u00e9ticos o biol\u00f3gicos<\/strong>, sino ante el resultado de complejas intersecciones de discriminaci\u00f3n y desigualdad en el empleo, la vivienda, el estr\u00e9s y otras enfermedades cr\u00f3nicas, as\u00ed como el acceso confiable tanto a la atenci\u00f3n preventiva como al tratamiento m\u00e9dico.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 6 --><script>\n (function() {\n  window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {};\n  var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];\n  if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) {\n   var instagramScript = document.createElement('script');\n   instagramScript.src = 'https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js';\n   instagramScript.async = true;\n   instagramScript.defer = true;\n   headElement.appendChild(instagramScript);\n  }\n })();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p> &#8211; <br \/> The news<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/salud\/afroamericanos-tienen-probabilidades-morir-cancer-colorrectal-culpa-sistema?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=10_Sep_2020\"><br \/>\n       <em> African Americans are more likely to die from colorectal cancer, and the system is to blame <\/em><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      was originally published in<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=10_Sep_2020\"><br \/>\n       <strong> Xataka Science <\/strong><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n            by <a\n       href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/autor\/sergio-parra?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=10_Sep_2020\"><br \/>\n       Sergio Parra<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      . <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/xatakaciencia\/~4\/q4vmmJOMbBk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/44f028\/mcznzfmurjaexnfzmif46okumq\/1024_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Los afroamericanos tienen m&aacute;s probabilidades de morir de c&aacute;ncer colorrectal, y la culpa es del sistema\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chadwick Boseman<\/strong>, who will play King T&#039;Challa in the film <em>Black Panther<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espinof.com\/actores-y-actrices\/muere-chadwick-boseman-estrella-marvel-black-panther-a-43-anos\">died recently<\/a> of colon cancer at age 43 after years of fighting.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 1 --><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2770282\">study<\/a> conducted with 16,382 patients has found that African Americans are, in fact, less likely to receive life-saving medical care, such as chemotherapy, so they have <strong>17% more likely to die from colon cancer than their white peers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 2 --><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Poor medical care<\/h2>\n<p>The researchers of <strong>City of Hope National Medical Center<\/strong> in California analyzed data from 2000 to 2012 on California patients with colon cancer that has spread to the liver, comparing treatments, outcomes, and demographics such as race, age, sex, and concurrent health problems.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 3 --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medicina\/se-logra-crear-eficientemente-version-sintetica-compuesto-muy-prometedor-como-agente-cancer\"><br \/>\n     <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Se logra crear eficientemente la versi&oacute;n sint&eacute;tica de un compuesto muy prometedor como agente contra el c&aacute;ncer\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/07590d\/2-cancer\/375_142.jpg\"><\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medicina\/se-logra-crear-eficientemente-version-sintetica-compuesto-muy-prometedor-como-agente-cancer\">In Xataka Science<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/medicina\/se-logra-crear-eficientemente-version-sintetica-compuesto-muy-prometedor-como-agente-cancer\">It is possible to efficiently create the synthetic version of a very promising compound as an anti-cancer agent<\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>They found that black people are 10% less likely overall to receive life-saving colorectal cancer treatment. They are also 17% more likely to die than their white peers.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 4 --><\/p>\n<p>According to the research, this could be attributed to factors such as <strong>lower referral rate to cancer specialists<\/strong>, late detection of colorectal cancer metastases, and patient-reported barriers, including fear of cancer and its treatment, costs and burdens of transportation, and childcare during therapy.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 5 --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/biologia\/actividad-humana-podria-estar-detras-cancer-que-sufren-mejillones-almejas-berberechos\"><br \/>\n     <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"La actividad humana podr&iacute;a estar detr&aacute;s del c&aacute;ncer que sufren los mejillones, las almejas y los berberechos\" src=\"https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/cb54b3\/mussels-419052_960_720\/375_142.jpg\"><\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/biologia\/actividad-humana-podria-estar-detras-cancer-que-sufren-mejillones-almejas-berberechos\">In Xataka Science<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/biologia\/actividad-humana-podria-estar-detras-cancer-que-sufren-mejillones-almejas-berberechos\">Human activity could be behind the cancer suffered by mussels, clams and cockles<\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That is to say, <strong>that we are not simply dealing with genetic or biological factors<\/strong>, but as a result of complex intersections of discrimination and inequality in employment, housing, stress and other chronic diseases, as well as reliable access to both preventive care and medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 6 --><\/p>\n<p> &#8211; <br \/> The news<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/salud\/afroamericanos-tienen-probabilidades-morir-cancer-colorrectal-culpa-sistema?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=10_Sep_2020\"><br \/>\n       <em> African Americans are more likely to die from colorectal cancer, and the system is to blame <\/em><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      was originally published in<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=10_Sep_2020\"><br \/>\n       <strong> Xataka Science <\/strong><br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n            by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/autor\/sergio-parra?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=10_Sep_2020\"><br \/>\n       Sergio Parra<br \/>\n      <\/a><br \/>\n      . <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/xatakaciencia\/~4\/q4vmmJOMbBk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-portal-3"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18651"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19049,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18651\/revisions\/19049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}