Study Finds Racial Disparities In Survival Rates Of Colon Cancer Patients With Health Insurance

... Among people with health insurance, blacks have the highest colon cancer mortality rate, according to a study published Thursday in the online edition of the journal Cancer, HealthDay/Forbes reports. For the study, researchers examined data on 10,585 whites, 1,479 blacks, 985 Hispanics and 909 Asians and Pacific Islanders who were diagnosed with colorectal cancer between 1993 and 1998. [click link for full article] ...