UM Researchers Discover Moving to the U.S. Increases Cancer Risk for Hispanics
08.06.2009
A team of researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has confirmed trends that different Hispanic population groups have higher incidence rates of certain cancers and worse cancer outcomes if they live in the United States than they do if they live in their homelands. Overall, the Miller School team found the cancer risk increases 40 percent or more for Hispanics in the United States.