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Colorectal cancer: Access to regular screening and treatment eliminates racial disparities in rates of survival between whites and African Americans
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
“This study shows that access to screening and treatment is lifesaving and necessary to reverse the disparities that impact so many African Americans with cancer,” said Sandra Swain, MD, President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. “Other states need to look to Delaware’s example.”
“We can achieve tremendous progress when governments, insurers and providers work together,” said Dr. Stephen Grubbs, an oncologist at Christiana Care’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center, who led the program.
More information:
Cancer.Net: http://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/colorectal-cancer
Contact Information: Amanda Narod
571-483-1364
[email protected]
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