But research with minority women doesn't prove cause-and-effect

According to a study published in a recent issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, colorectal cancer screening rates among people without financial means remain to be low despite free health care being offered. Psychologists suggest the cause may be an idea called 'cancer fatalism'. Anne Miles, Ph.D...

According to a study published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, research indicates that including specific discrepancies in cost-effectiveness analysis would allow policy makers to set strategies that would reduce overall cancer risk, reduce disparities between racial ethnic subgroups, and be cost-effective...