Black people with advanced colon cancer are less likely to get consultations with specialists and treatment with complex medicines than white people, according to a new study. Those treatment differences may explain why black patients with the disease are 15% more likely to die than their white counterparts, researchers suggest.
Treatment, survival for colon cancer differ by race
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