Colorectal cancer: Access to regular screening and treatment eliminates racial disparities in rates of survival between whites and African Americans

(Black PR Wire) - A new report shows that an aggressive, state-wide effort to provide African Americans with colorectal cancer screening and treatment eliminated long-standing disparities in survival between blacks and whites with the disease. The program may offer a model for how other states can help more African Americans access potentially life-saving cancer care.

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the U.S., with over 102,000 new cases diagnosed every year. Yet it

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