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Ovarian Cancer Screening: The Elusive Goal
If ever there was a cancer in need of an effective screen, its ovarian cancer. Consider these facts; approximately 20,000 new cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed each year in the United States and approximately 16,000 deaths are attributed to the disease. The 5- year survival for patients diagnosed with cancer confined to the ovary is over 90% but drops to 25-30% for women whose disease has spread to the upper abdomen or distant sites.
More Black Females Graduating From HBCUs Than Black Males
Publicly funded historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) admitted, enrolled, and matriculated larger numbers of African American female than male students between 1996 and 2006, according to recently released data.