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Social factors not genetics drive racial disparities in colorectal cancer survival

04-23-2007 · EurekAlert!

Correcting social, economic and health-care inequalities may have the most significant impact in reducing survival differences in colorectal cancer between African-Americans and Caucasians, according to a new study.

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