Blacks not receiving chemotherapy for rectal cancer, despite seeing cancer specialists
1,275 views · Published 30 January 2009 · 2:14 · Indexed 6 November 2026
Channel: Michigan Medicine · 2009 · Science & Technology
Black patients and white patients are seeing rectal cancer specialists at similar rates, but blacks are still less likely to receive chemotherapy or radiation therapy, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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