Study finds survival rates from gastrointestinal tumors improving among African-Americans
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 10:35
in Health & Medicine
CHICAGO (July 14, 2009) -- New research published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons reveals that African Americans with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), a rare cancer that begins in the wall of the gastrointestinal tract, now have survival rates equivalent to those of Caucasians.