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Jul 9, 2008 6:38 am US/Eastern

UMd. Study Finds Fewer Blacks In Cancer Studies

BALTIMORE (AP) ―

Researchers at the University of Maryland say fewer blacks and residents of rural areas are participating in federal cancer studies than expected.

Researchers looked at more than 2,000 Maryland cancer patients enrolled in National Cancer Institute-sponsored clinical trials from 1999 to 2002. They found the percentage of Maryland patients participating rose 1 percent but the percentage of black participants fell an estimated 8.9 percent per year.

The study's lead author, Dr. Claudia R. Baquet, heads the university's Center for Health Disparities Research and Outreach.

Baquet says low representation of certain groups could contribute to health disparities. The results are also significant because certain cancers affect black Marylanders disproportionately.

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