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Development of rare esophageal cancer in African-Americans may differ from whites

by cancerous tissue.

Although a relatively small percentage of African-Americans compared to whites had the early signs of esophageal cancer - GERD and Barrett's metaplasia - 45 percent (9/20) of them had advanced stage disease compared with 22.2 percent (123/554) of whites, according to the Hopkins team.

In addition, the overall survival rates in African-Americans were significantly worse than whites, with no African-Americans surviving more than three years.

The other authors of this report include Craig Hooker, Eric Syphard, Leonard Sowah, Arlene Forastiere, Elizabeth Montgomery, David Mason, , James Herman, Stephen Yang and Malcolm V. Brock.


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Contact: Trent Stockton
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Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
30-Apr-2004


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