Blacks still dying more from cancer than whites

pThree years ago, the American Cancer Society (ACS) broke some exciting news: for the first time in decades, U.S. cancer deaths fell. The trend continued the following year. But new research today shows that the milestone has been a mixed bag for one segment of the population, African-Americans. Theyrsquo;re also dying less of cancer--in some cases, their gains are coming at a faster pace than for whites--but the disease still kills them more often. a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=blacks-still-dying-more-of-cancer-t-2009-02-18[More]/abr clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:79cd8fc35ef6703a1817eb6e4760174e:ThvnhJIQesm1BaJ77ighubmSxTA1XBCl%2B6RI4hcJPj6UNJYr%2BQz7wThiKdvhBcu%2FosPFotA%2FvgXx'img border='0' title='Add to digg' alt='Add to digg' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/digg.gif'//a a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:c322e0c4fb548839c58fcdd919a5abbc:HSRwKNyfwEGuavf2EORjIV4t1QJzZft5hFlID0JUkvoj7qKqq00Nts6PSCuZePhG5b1dRWQkBzq2mw%3D%3D'img border='0' title='Add to StumbleUpon' alt='Add to StumbleUpon' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/stumbleit.gif'//a a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:f7ffd0882a266b8045be1c5e4ab4bc91:FOyh3z3Xlj6WZCoCxKwfxfRTlrDAApS%2FAPq2KXN2BTL%2F8w80DzY2wK%2B8GPNPxfwZF4WQlSd8npqU'img border='0' title='Add to Reddit' alt='Add to Reddit' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/reddit.png'//a a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:7ee94e1e0b16e097e7e5c3a8d6a310cf:Zn4xjkaRnZ4TSdaz4wFBijZEBwA0o%2BkN%2BSFdI6A8vI6q2BVE4XiYbCh1waBdVJA5kz9TsZM8NISw9Q%3D%3D'img border='0' title='Add to Facebook' alt='Add to Facebook' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/facebook.gif'//a a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:ce291c162488abdd742c7b1b99078195:YXHiXUEjAjrFGsMnl1Pw9qmd1bploVqD8tD%2BmQQFTKZEJ7X6P7q7%2BTC7qTQAdsKwmkSpCc7A0thy'img border='0' title='Add to del.icio.us' alt='Add to del.icio.us' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/delicious.gif'//a a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:35138a64554080ab6eea9665b4cf2cae:22g7G2JQwo0venO5PZ%2BWciQKgSGq3v0JXWbhGKzpVXQo1xKVonpffLoanI66KbQ7nVIi%2FjZTRWvX'img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/emailthis.png'//a br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=d6c2970410f683951a6520b3ea5eb8fdp=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=d6c2970410f683951a6520b3ea5eb8fdp=1//a