Despite Seeing Cancer Specialists, Blacks Not Receiving Chemotherapy For Rectal Cancer
May 15th 2008Drug InformationColorectal Cancer
Black patients and white patients are seeing rectal cancer specialists at similar rates, but blacks are still less likely to receive chemotherapy or radiation therapy, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.The study found blacks were 23 percent less likely to receive chemotherapy for rectal cancer and 12 percent less likely to receive radiation therapy than whites.
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