Mayo researchers find race has role in incidence, survival of rare brain tumor
Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 15:56
in Health & Medicine
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The incidence of a rare and deadly tumor called primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is two times higher in black Americans, ages 20 to 49, than in white Americans, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in the June issue of Journal of Neuro-Oncology. In patients older than 49, the results were reversed.