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Cancer Incidence and Mortality Differences of Black and White Americans: A Role for Biomarkers

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The study of differences in incidence and mortality from cancer in Black and White Americans may provide clues to the etiology of the disease and generate new hypotheses. An identification of differences in environmental and in biological and life-style factors is a starting point for further study aimed at understanding why Black Americans experience the highest overall cancer rate in the United States (Baquet et al. 1986).

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  1. Experimental Gynecology-Endocrinology, Department of Gynecology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Lovell A. Jones Ph.D. (Associate Professor and Director) (Associate Professor and Director)

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    Lovell A. Jones Ph.D. (Associate Professor and Director) (Associate Professor and Director)

  3. Experimental Gynecology-Endocrinology, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Lovell A. Jones Ph.D. (Associate Professor and Director) (Associate Professor and Director)

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Wilson, J. (1989). Cancer Incidence and Mortality Differences of Black and White Americans: A Role for Biomarkers. In: Jones, L.A. (eds) Minorities and Cancer. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3630-6_1

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