Cancer survival disparities for most minority populations increase as cancers become more treatable

Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 13:35 in Health & Medicine

December 17, 2009 -- Racial and ethnic disparities in cancer survival are greatest for cancers that can be detected early and treated successfully, including breast and prostate cancer, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hos Link:  http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu

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