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Potential biological factor contributing to racial disparities in prostate cancer

In the United States, African-American men are 1.5 times more likely to develop prostate cancer and more than twice as likely to die from the disease compared with non-Hispanic white men. "The causes of prostate cancer disparities are numerous, complex, often interrelated, and only partially understood," said David P. …

Lower cancer screening rates, increased risk of preventable disease for South Asians in Ontario

The findings were published today in a report by researchers at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health. Peel Region — a municipality comprised of Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga, north of Toronto — has 1.3 million residents, nearly one-quarter of whom are of South Asian ethnicity…

Genetic alterations show promise in diagnosis, treatment of bladder cancer

Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) is the most common type of bladder cancer diagnosed, accounting for 90% of all bladder malignancies in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. It’s reported that there were an estimated 386,300 new bladder cancer cases and 150,200 deaths in 2008 alone. And the number was up to 170,000 deaths in 2010…

Adding chemotherapy to surgery improves survival in advanced gastric cancer, study confirms

At the meeting Prof Sung Hoon Noh, a gastric surgeon from Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea, presented 5-year follow-up from the phase III CLASSIC trial, which added combination chemotherapy to a standard surgical procedure called D2 gastrectomy. The chemotherapy regimen studied in the trial is called XELOX, which is a combination of the drugs capecitabine and oxaliplatin. …