Certain genetic alterations may explain head and neck cancer survival disparities

Certain genetic alterations to the PAX gene family may be responsible for survival disparities seen between African-American and non-Latino white men with head and neck cancer, according to results presented here at the Sixth AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, held Dec. 6-9.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/aaf…