Colon Cancer

New colon cancer study findings have been published by T.M. Breslin and colleagues

Published in Health Insurance Week, October 11th, 2009

"Black patients have worse prognoses than whites with breast or colorectal cancer. Mechanisms underlying such disparities have not been fully explored," scientists writing in the Journal of Clinical Oncology report.

"We examined the role of hospital factors in racial differences in late mortality after surgery for breast or colon cancer. Patients undergoing surgery after new diagnosis of breast or colon cancer were identified using the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results - Medicare linked database ( 1995 to 2005). The main outcome measure was mortality at 5 years. Proportional hazards models were used to assess relationships between race and late mortality,...

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Source: Health Insurance Week (2009-10-11)

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