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AC Swedbergh, AZPM University of Arizona research shows that Hispanic and Native Americans in Arizona have a higher risk of mortality from kidney cancer than non-Hispanic white patients. The research also shows that advanced-staged kidney cancer is more common in these groups, compared to non-Hispanic whites. Dr. Ken Batai led the research team, and he said in Arizona, Hispanics are two times more likely than non-Hispanic white people to have advanced-stage kidney cancer, and when it comes to early-stage kidney cancer, their risk of dying is almost almost two times higher, too. "So that mean...

Advanced-stage kidney cancer more common in Hispanic and Native Americans in Arizona Recently published research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences shows that advanced-stage kidney cancer is more common in Hispanic Americans and Native Americans than in non-Hispanic whites, and that both Hispanic Americans and Native Americans in Arizona have an increased risk of mortality from the disease. We knew from our past research that Hispanic Americans and Native Americans have a heavier burden of kidney cancer than non-Hispanic whites. But we also know that around 90% of the Hispanic pop...

 E-Mail Recently published research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences shows that advanced-stage kidney cancer is more common in Hispanic Americans and Native Americans than in non-Hispanic whites, and that both Hispanic Americans and Native Americans in Arizona have an increased risk of mortality from the disease. "We knew from our past research that Hispanic Americans and Native Americans have a heavier burden of kidney cancer than non-Hispanic whites," said Ken Batai, PhD, a Cancer Prevention and Control Program research member at the UArizona Cancer Center and research assist...