Black children more likely to die from neuroblastoma, study finds
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 03:30
in Health & Medicine
Black, Asian, and Native-American children are more likely than white and Hispanic children to die after being treated for neuroblastoma, according to new research on the pediatric cancer. The study, of more than 3,500 patients with the disease, is the largest ever to look at racial disparities in risk and survival for the most common solid cancer found in young children.