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Cervical Cancer
Latinas in U.S. have higher disease incidence, but also higher survival rate
July 14th, 2005
Hispanic women in the U.S. have a higher incidence of cervical cancer than either white or black women, but an analysis of data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program reveals that they also have a higher rate of surviving the disease. "The incidence of cervical cancer is higher in Hispanic than in non-Hispanic or African American women in the United States, but few studies have examined differences in survival between these groups. The objective of this study was to examine racial/ethnic differences in survival after diagnosis with invasive cervical cancer in a population-based sample of patients while adjusting for patient and tumor...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-14)
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