Racial disparity in lung cancer rates narrowed in young adults due to larger decrease in smoking
Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 14:22
in Health & Medicine
Effective prevention of smoking among teenagers, particularly black teenagers, is narrowing the disparity in lung cancer rates between blacks and whites, according to a report published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. The December issue has a special focus on tobacco.