September

Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital One of 75 Research Sites Nationwide Piloting Equity Program in Cancer Clinical Trials

According to the American Cancer Society, Blacks with cancer in the United States experience more illness, worse outcomes and premature death when compared with other races with cancer. Blacks also face greater challenges in preventing, detecting, treating and surviving cancer, experiencing the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial/ethnic group for most cancers in the U.S.