Prevalence of advanced colorectal neoplasia in white and black patients undergoing screening colonoscopy in a safety-net hospital.

CONCLUSION: Black men are less likely than white men to have ACN at screening colonoscopy in a safety-net health care setting. Disparities in access to screening and differential exposure to modifiable risk factors rather than genetic or biological factors may be largely responsible for the higher incidence of CRC among black men. Genetic or biological factors may explain the predilection for proximal disease.
PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: National Cancer Institute.
PMID: 23817700 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - July 2, 2013 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Schroy PC, Coe A, Chen CA, O'Brien MJ, Heeren TC Tags: Ann Intern Med Source Type: research