Research Paper on:
Cancer and Minorities

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was 60 percent, which represented a 1 percent increase over the previous year (American Family Physician, 2001). Lung cancer remains the number one cause of cancer deaths in the United  States, claiming 157,400 victims in 2001 (American Family Physician, 2001). The American Cancer Society also reported that African Americans in the United States were more likely to contract and die  of cancer than any other population (Allina Hospitals & Clinics, 2002; Jernigan et al, 2001): * Black women are more likely to die of colon, rectal and breast cancer than  women in any other ethnic or racial group (Allina Hospitals & Clinics, 2002). * Black men have the highest rates of cancer of the rectum, colon, lung and bronchus than  men in other ethnic and racial groups (Allina Hospitals & Clinics, 2002). * Black men are more than twice as likely to die of prostrate cancer than men in any  other ethnic or racial group (Allina Hospitals & Clinics, 2002). * Other studies found that Asian Americans have a higher incidence of stomach and liver cancer than other racial and  ethnic groups and Hispanic and Vietnamese women have a higher incidence of cervical cancer (Black Issues in Higher Education, 1999). * The study also shows evidence that Asian Americans  run an increased risk of stomach and liver cancer, and that Hispanic American and Vietnamese American women develop cervical cancer in greater numbers. Ovarian cancer can be treated successfully if  it is caught in its early stages, in fact, experts have predicted the survival rate would be 90 percent if this cancer were caught in its early stages (Zmuda, 2002).  Tragically, only about 25 percent of ovarian cancers are detected early (Zmuda, 2002). And, the data are even more disheartening for racial and ethnic minorities who contract cancer (Zmuda, 2002).