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cancer and breast cancer among both African Americans and whites, declines are smaller for African Americans resulting in widening disparities.

African Americans are more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage when there are fewer and less effective treatment options.

In general African Americans are less likely than whites to survive five years after diagnosis for all major cancer sites even after accounting for differences in stage at diagnosis.

“Access to insurance and healthcare as well as health education play an important role in one’s health, but a lot of African Americans do not have access to these tools,” said Durado Brooks, MD, the American Cancer Society’s director of prostate and colorectal cancers. “As the nation celebrates Black History month this February, this report makes clear there is a need for more focus on improving socioeconomic factors and providing educational opportunities that can help further lessen cancer’s unequal burden on African Americans.”

Socioeconomic factors that can affect cancer prevention and early detection include behaviors such as tobacco avoidance and maintenance of a healthy body weight. The proportion of overweight US adults has increased markedly over the past decades. Among African American adults, 76% are considered overweight and 45% are considered obese. Inequalities in education, income, and health insurance coverage, as well as social barriers to high quality cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment contribute to a lower five-year survival rate for many cancers in African Americans compared to whites.

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