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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

Study reveals stark disparities in cancer rates between ethnic groups

A radiographer gives a woman a lung scan.
A radiographer gives a woman a lung scan. Photograph: Pascal Pochard-Casabianca/AFP/Getty Images

Stark disparities in cancer rates between different ethnic groups have been laid bare in new research showing black people are twice as likely to get prostate cancer while white people have double the chance of getting skin and lung cancers.

The analysis of NHS Digital cancer registration data by Cancer Research UK provides the most complete recording ever of cancer rates by ethnicity in England, offering crucial data on how some rates vary. The results are published in the British Journal of Cancer.

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