Posts Tagged ‘Disparities’

Black Liver Cancer Patients Face Worst Odds

27th January 2010 by admin No Comments

Even though they receive equal treatment, black patients with liver cancer have lower survival rates than patients of other races, a new U.S. study finds.
Researchers analyzed data from 20,920 patients in the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) registry who were diagnosed with liver cancer between 1973 and 2004. The researchers [...]

Pancreatic Cancer Deaths Higher for Blacks

3rd September 2009 by admin 1 Comment

Blacks have a significantly higher risk of dying from pancreatic cancer than whites, a new U.S. study has found.
Even after eliminating known pancreatic cancer risk factors, such as smoking and obesity, blacks still had a 42 percent higher risk of dying from the disease than their white counterparts, according to the Washington University-led study, which [...]