Disparities

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  Forward Look

  Can Genetic Ancestry Help Explain Cancer Risk?

  Q&A with Rick Kittles, associate professor of medicine and epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago.

  by Stephen Ornes

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  Forward Look

  Bridging the Distance

  Q&A with medical oncologist Ana María López, medical director of the telemedicine program at the University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson.

  by Sue Rochman

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  The Survival Gap

  In the Nowhere Land between adult and pediatric cancer treatment, young adults face survival rates that have missed out on the gains seen by other age groups. Can new efforts help them improve their outcomes?

  by Charlotte Huff

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  Cancer In America

  Standard of Care

  Research suggests that black patients, as a whole, aren't receiving the same level of treatment as white patients. Can building better bonds between doctors and patients help?

  by Charlotte Huff

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  The Wait for a Match

  Many patients in urgent need of bone marrow or stem cell transplants are facing uncertainty.

  by Karen Patterson

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  Global Report

  Stark Realities in Zambia

  An American cancer survivor's visit to a Southern African nation reveals how doctors are adapting cancer care to meet an overwhelming need.

  by Cynthia Ryan