DeSantis CE, et al. - Researchers assessed cancer occurrence among the African American/black community in the US, as well as report the estimated number of new cancer cases and deaths for blacks in 2019. They focused on data on incidence, survival, and mortality. Among blacks in the US, the occurrence of nearly 202,260 new cases of cancer and 73,030 cancer deaths are anticipated in 2019. Black men vs white men demonstrated a faster decline in the overall cancer incidence rate from 2006 through 2015 (2.4% vs 1.7% per year). A disproportionate share of the cancer burden is still evident among African American/black individuals but substantial progress has been made over the past several decades to attenuate this disparity. Among men, blacks displayed 47% higher overall cancer death rate vs whites in 1990, dropping to 19% higher in 2016; a decrease in the disparity from 19% to 13% was noted among females over the same period. For cancers of the breast, uterine corpus, and pancreas, increasing rates were observed vs declining trends for cancers of the lung and colorectum, resulting in stable overall cancer incidence rate in black women (vs a slight increase in white women). Expansion of access to high-quality cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment for all Americans is needed for achieving continued progress toward equitable cancer outcomes.