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June 09, 2011

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April 16, 2007

Health Disparities in Access to Healthcare

Public Release Date: 16-April-2007 

Minority individuals are much more likely to develop and die from cancer than the general U.S. population.

Previous research points to lack of health insurance, poverty, language and cultural barriers, and inadequate access to early detection services and good medical care as causes. Research reported today at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) suggests that genetics, in addition to socioeconomic status, are important factors accounting for the disparity of cancer incidence and mortality between African-Americans, Hispanics and Caucasians.

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