Study of neighborhoods points to modifiable factors, not race, in cancer disparities
Sunday, April 12, 2009 - 23:42
in Health & Medicine
While cities have shown considerable racial disparities in cancer survival, those racial disparities virtually disappear among smaller populations, such as neighborhoods within that city. The finding comes from a new analysis published in the May 15, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.