Zócalo Public Squaredisparity – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Equity Cancer https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2012/12/05/the-equity-cancer/ideas/up-for-discussion/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2012/12/05/the-equity-cancer/ideas/up-for-discussion/#respond Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:01:28 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=43026 Talk to those who treat and study cancer, and you hear about progress in research and treatment. But there is a stubborn exception to the good news: the persistently higher cancer rates for African-Americans. In advance of a Zócalo event that examines this disparity, we asked public health experts: What, if anything, do you think would reduce the high cancer fatality rate of African-Americans to that of white Americans?

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