Cancer mortality fell by 2.1% between 2018 and 2019, compared to a 2.4% relative decrease in the year prior, according to the American Cancer Society’s 2022 Cancer Statistics report.
Shearwood McClelland III’s grandfather was a ditchdigger who dreamed that his six Black daughters would become doctors. McClelland’s mother did not disappoint—she became the first Black woman board-certified in maternal fetal medicine in the history of the United States. Now, McClelland is the chief medical officer of Cancer Health Equity at the University of Oklahoma...
