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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2006 98(10):669; doi:10.1093/jnci/djj223
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New Research Suggests Access, Genetic Differences Play Role in High Minority Cancer Death Rate

Ariel Whitworth

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The reason for higher African American cancer death rates may be doctors' failure to recommend appropriate chemotherapy and minorities' ability to access expensive treatment. Or it could be a matter of genetics that predispose some people to hard-to-treat tumors.

African Americans have a higher chance of developing cancer and dying than that of any other racial or ethnic group in the United States. But new research, presented at . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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