Addressing disparities in colorectal cancer burden: how far could equal health care access bring us?
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Enthusiasm over scientific progress in prevention, early detection, and treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC) remains tempered by the sobering recognition that racial and ethnic disparities in CRC screening, incidence, and mortality exist in the US. According to 2004-2008 data from the NCI’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program, the incidence of CRC is approximately 24% higher in blacks than in whites, and mortality from CRC is 49% higher in blacks than whites.(1)
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
دوره 21 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012