Cancer Treatment Differences Among Black And White People

The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention once funded a research study which showed that despite of several improvements regarding cancer treatment and cancer care, this disease kills black people in a disproportionate manner. Although the overall death rate due to cancer including breast cancer, ovarian cancer and also colon cancer were seen to have declined over the years since 1999 in the United States. The symptoms or the signs that indicate the presence of cancer in the body are always present, and the patient will have better chances of survival if they are recognised early and treatment is started at an early stage.

Approximately 80 percent of the U.S. population contributed data for one of the largest study on cancer treatment and survival in certain populations in the States. One of the main studies was concerned with the number of survival cases of black people within 5 years of diagnosis of the disease against the number of survival cases of white people within 5 years of diagnosis. After comparing the data and tallying it, the researchers found that white people had 10 percent more survival rates than black people when they were diagnosed with colon, ovarian or breast cancer in those 5 years of research.

The CDC also stated that these three types of cancer are among listed among the top 10 causes  of deaths regarding cancer, while breast cancer is on the second place and colon cancer on the third regarding both males and females. Data collected just one year after the diagnosis also showed an unequal survival rate regarding black and white people. The same result was actually found even after the total span of research which was 9 years. These differences can be removed by providing equal care to all and also by giving them complete and timely treatment after being diagnosed.