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Do
black Americans get cancer more than other groups? What
can be done?
According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI),
cancer diagnosis and death rates decreased among black
Americans during 1992-1999, but black Americans still
had the highest overall cancer rates of any group in
this country. The overall cancer death rate for black
Americans was 30 percent higher than for white
Americans.
Source: "Ask the CIS" by the Cancer Information
Service. "Ask the CIS" is distributed by the Cancer
Information Service (CIS) of the Heartland, which
serves Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri & Illinois. The
CIS is a program of the National Cancer Institute.
Call the CIS toll-free at 1-800-4-CANCER
(1-800-422-6237) between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. local
time.
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