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Researchers from New York University publish findings in life sciences

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 12th, 2008

"We evaluated a possible disparity in the detection of very early oral cancers in Puerto Rico relative to the United States," investigators in the United States report.

"The percentage of in situ (noninvasive) cases among all oral cancer cases was calculated separately for Puerto Rico and the United States using populationbased cancer registry data (1992-2001). In situ cancers constituted 1.2% of oral cancer cases in Puerto Rico and 3.4% in the United States (P <.001)," wrote D.E. Morse and colleagues, New York University.

The researchers concluded: "These findings suggest a disparity in very early oral cancer detection in Puerto Rico compared...

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