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1. Tallahassee Democrat | 01/27/2004 | Partnership, center to fight prostate cancer
www.tallahassee.com/mld/democr - [Cached]Published on: 1/27/2004 Last Visited: 1/27/2004
"Research is the key to eliminate disparities," said Kathy Ashton, area patient service representative for the American Cancer Society, which also will participate in the project as well as Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare.
Risk more than doubled in blacks
Statistics from the American Cancer Society predict prostate cancer will top the list of all new cases of cancer this year. Black men are 2.4 times more likely to die from prostate cancer than white men. Ashton said prostate cancer is 100-percent survivable with early detection.
