SHAREing & CAREing

NYC Cancer Support Services

Healthcare Equity

The population of half of the world lacks access to essential healthcare, with the most fatal consequences for middle- and low-income countries. In high-income countries like the U.S., healthcare disparities are stark, caused by language barriers, lack of insurance or understanding of insurance options, under-insurance, immigration status, transportation barriers, and lack of awareness, among many key factors. In Queens as in the rest of the country, healthcare equity disproportionally affects our immigrant and minority neighbors. Our mission at SHAREing & CAREing is to close these gaps in cancer care.

SHAREing & CAREing Supports Law Requiring Insurance Coverage of Scalp Cooling Devices for Cancer Chemotherapy

From our experience as survivors, allies and advocates, the most common fears of women facing breast cancer are the possibility of dying from the disease, losing their breasts and losing their hair. Scalp cooling therapy—first approved by the FDA in 2015 for the use by breast cancer patients—has successfully addressed one of these fears. Scalp cooling is not for everyone but this treatment should be available and covered by insurance for those who wish to utilize it. Patient care and treatment should not be limited to those who can afford it. 

Breast Imaging Centers in Queens, New York

One of the most amazing things about living in the New York City area is the wealth of top-notch healthcare, including preventative cancer services like mammogram imaging. Whether you’re getting your first mammogram, your annual or biannual mammogram based on your doctor’s screening recommendations, or you’re looking for a diagnostic imaging center to test a suspicious lump, SHAREing & CAREing has you covered. Here are some of our top mammogram center recommendations in the Queens area.

Annual Report to the Nation: Cancer Deaths Continue Downward Trend; Modest Improvements in Survival for Pancreatic Cancer

Overall cancer death rates continued to decline among men, women, children, and adolescents and young adults in every major racial and ethnic group in the United States from 2015 to 2019, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer. From 2014 to 2018, overall cancer incidence, or new cases of cancer, remained stable for men and children but increased for women and adolescents and young adults. This year’s report, published October 27, 2022, in Cancer, also highlights longer-term trends in pancreatic cancer, as well as racial and ethnic disparities in incidence and death rates for many individual cancer sites.

High Burden of Liver, Stomach and Cervical Cancers among the Hispanic/Latino Population Highlights Access to Care Challenges

A new report shows that although Hispanic men and women in the continental United States and Hawaii have 25% to 30% lower overall cancer incidence and mortality than non-Hispanic Whites, they continue to have a higher risk of potentially preventable, infection-related cancers, including approximately two-fold higher rates of liver and stomach cancers.

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