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Researchers weigh in on cancer trends

Respiratory Care Weekly, September 13, 2006

Bringing the big picture of cancer into sharp focus, a collaborative report released jointly by several leading cancer research organizations found that the discovery of new cancers have stabilized over the last three decades. The report, which will be published in the October 15 journal Cancer, also concluded that people are more likely to survive the disease than ever. Other results indicate that lung cancer is up in women, as is prostate cancer in men. Latinos seem to be more at risk for specific cancers, pointing toward an urgent need for education about the disease for this population.

Latinos are less likely to be diagnosed with cancer than nonHispanic whites, according to the study, but when they are diagnosed, they are more likely to have more advanced cancers. Latino children have higher rates of leukemia and certain other childhood cancers, and cancers with infectious origins-including cervical, stomach, and liver cancers-occur at higher rates in Latinos than in nonHispanic whites, according to the study.

Click here http://www.interscience.wiley.com/cancer/report2006 to view the study online.

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