Brinker, Frederick: Disparities in cancer deaths reveal social inequities

Published in Modern Healthcare Magazine March 20, 2023 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that U.S. life expectancy dropped for the second consecutive year in 2021, to 76.4 years from 77 the prior year. The change was largely driven by COVID-19 and drug overdoses, but cancer remains the second-leading cause of death. […]