Race gap narrows for some cancers in African-Americans; continues to increase for others

Links shared publicly online about this topic.

  • 536
    total visits

Race gap narrows for some cancers in African-Americans; continues to increase for others

sciencedaily.com

While the overall death rate for cancer continues to drop among African-Americans, the group continues to have higher death rates and shorter survival of any racial and ethnic group in the US for most cancers.

View full resource at sciencedaily.com

Tags: Cancer, Mortality

  • Share

Most Recently Shared on February 2, 2011 at 7:06 am By:

MedicalNews Medical News

Race gap narrows for some cancers in African-Americans; continues to increase for others http://bit.ly/hm1Ocp

1 year ago...

Race gap narrows for some cancers in African-Americans; continues to increase for others

eurekalert.org — “While the overall death rate for cancer continues to drop among African-Americans, the group continues to have higher death rates and shorter survival of any racial and ethnic group in the US for most cancers. The findings come from Cancer Facts & Figures for African-Americans 2011-2012, the latest edition of a report produced every two years by the American Cancer Society.View full resource at eurekalert.org

  • View Related
  • Share

Most Recently Shared on February 1, 2011 at 5:00 pm By:

Advertisement