Yale Cancer Center

“If you compare Black women and white women, a Black woman is twice as likely to die from breast cancer before the age of fifty as a white woman,” said Dr. Eric Winer, director of the Yale Cancer Center. He said that startling statistic could be caused by a number of different factors, but the largest, he says, is in…

Detecting cancer is more difficult in women with dense breasts. Those women are more likely to be women of color, experts say.

The Closer to Free Ride benefits research and care at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center.

Christopher Brewster’s cancer story is one of repetition. It all started in the fall of 2019 when he was living in China and was diagnosed with lymphoma. “My original diagnosis was hard to get because the first symptom that I had was back pain, severe back pain, and I thought it was maybe a pulled muscle, the doctors thought possible…

The Closer to Free training season is underway. Three months from now, cyclists from around the state, the country and the world will ride hundreds of miles for Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center. And this year, the excitement returns to the Yale Bowl for the twelfth Closer to Free Ride. “So, we would love to see as many…

Three months from now, cyclists from around the state, country and the world will ride hundreds of miles for Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center.