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