Colorectal Cancer

Mortality higher among low-income African Americans

Published in Cancer Weekly, May 28th, 2002

A new study published in the May 1, 2002, issue of the journal Cancer suggests African Americans living in poverty who have colon cancer are at a much greater risk of dying from their disease.

Colorectal cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and the second leading cause of cancer death. Nearly 7% of Americans will develop colon cancer at some point in their lives. The death rate, however, has been declining since 1985. But among African Americans, colon cancer takes a higher toll. The overall 5-year survival for African Americans in 1992 was 52.4%. In impoverished areas such as New York City's Harlem, where 41% of families have incomes below...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2002-05-28)

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