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Experts discuss the latest Cancer in Iowa Report and look back on 50 years of the Cancer Registry.
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The 2023 report by the Iowa Cancer Center predictions Iowans will have 20,800 new cases and 6,800 deaths from cancer.
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To fulfill a friend's dying wish, an Iowa author shares his story to warn others about mistakes that led to his untimely and likely preventable death.
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Sixty years after President John F. Kennedy delivered his iconic moonshot speech, President Joe Biden made a call to "cure cancers once and for all."
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Breast and cervical cancer, colorectal and lung: cancer screening has come a long way in making what used to be a death sentence, increasingly survivable. But coming out of the pandemic some physicians worry skipped primary care checkups will mean uncaught cancers and potentially grim health outcomes.
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While cancer death rates in the U.S. have declined in recent years, racial disparities persist. Midwestern states — including Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Indiana — have some of the highest rates of cancer mortality for Black residents in the country. Public health advocates have worked for years to close the racial gap, but some worry the pandemic will delay progress.
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Trans girls banned from girls' sports. Racial disparities in cancer rates. And new music for the weekend.
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The fourth annual State of Lung Cancer report by the American Lung Association found Iowa ranked below the national average for survival rates, early diagnosis and surgical treatment.
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Two nationally known cancer experts detail the similarities between cancer, and other health disparities, experienced by rural and urban populations across the country.
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Ben Kieffer and his guests discuss the pandemic’s impact on domestic violence, dating violence and teens in abusive relationships.