Blacks may be less likely to get chemo for advanced colon cancer

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Black patients with advanced colon cancer are less likely to receive chemotherapy after surgery to excise tumors than white patients, a U.S. study suggests. The treatment disparity seen in recent years may be tied to the economic downturn following the 2008 financial crisis, said lead study author Caitlin Murphy, an epidemiology researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Black Americans were disproportionately affected by the recession,