African-Americans Have Worse Prognosis At Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 01:39
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 new study.
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