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USC study identifies factors attributed to later stage cancer diagnosis

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California found that patients who received a later stage cancer diagnosis were likely to be living in an unsafe neighborhood, using public transportation and traveling at least 45 minutes to get to a doctor's office. The study will be presented at this week's American Association of Cancer Research in Los Angeles on April 15.

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