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Groups launch CRC screening campaign as incidence declines


 

But survival among blacks is the lowest among any race, 10% lower than for Asian Pacific Islanders, which have the best rates. Survival rates are lowest in high-poverty areas of America, including Appalachia and the mid-South, according to the ACS report.

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