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Q&A With Loren Laine, MD, on Highlights From Digestive Disease Week 2022

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Early Occurrence Colorectal Cancer - What Are the Disparities?

Researchers presented some startling findings about racial and ethnic disparities in five year survival rates for early onset colorectal cancer. The study looked at nationwide cancer registry is called the sear program s e r. And they found almost 34 thousand people with newly diagnosed, really onset colored a cancer over a 20 year period. What was really striking is the black population and the second half of this 20 year period was still below the five year survival for white, asian, hispanic populations.

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