Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Health care disparity: African Americans more likely to die from cancer than white Americans - study

Cancer patient after a scan at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington. PHOTO/Jim Bourg/Reuters

(Reuters) - Drops in smoking may have helped drive cancer death rates down among African American men during the last decade, but they are still more likely to die of cancer than white Americans, according to a new analysis.

"I think we see some really good news, but then we also see some trends that are going in the wrong direction," said Carol DeSantis, the study's lead author from

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