African-Americans have worse prognosis at colorectal cancer diagnosis
Friday, January 16, 2009 - 16:35
in Health & Medicine
African-American patients with colorectal were more likely to present with worse pathological features at diagnosis and to have a worse five-year survival rate compared to Caucasian patients, according to a study conducted by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University.
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