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Racial gap in colon cancer deaths

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By ABC7
Friday, November 13, 2009
According to the American Cancer Society, colon cancer deaths are now nearly 50 percent higher in blacks than in whites. The gap is blamed on lower screening rates among blacks and poor access to quality health care.

Experts say the gap has been widening since the 70s, when colon cancer death rates for the two racial groups were nearly equal.


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