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NCI study: Cancer death rates among Black people have declined, but disparities remain

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From 1999 to 2019, rates of cancer deaths declined steadily among Black people in the United States. Nevertheless, in 2019, Black people still had considerably higher rates of cancer death than people in other racial and ethnic groups, according to a large epidemiologic study led by NCI researchers. 

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