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Argumentative Essay On Body Cancer

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Despite the fact that the cancer - a disease that is being studied for a long time and carefully, it still carries a lot of mystery. Why, with the same conditions of life, some people get cancer and others don’t? Why do some types of cancer most often affects adults, and others - children? Why suffer more in some areas of cancer than in others? Cancer in different racial/ethnic groups is associated with the influence of a variety of factors: cultural, climatic, food traditions, composition of the soil and water, and so on. It is often possible to identify patterns that explain why some cancers spread in this place more than any other. However, not all such patterns can be detected. However, I would like to concentrate my discussion about disparities …show more content…

Compared to non-Hispanic white women, African American women are 2.5 times as likely to be diagnosed with stomach cancer, followed by 2.5 times as likely to die from stomach cancer. Interesting enough, Hispanic women are 2.2 times more likely to have stomach cancer compared to non-Hispanic white women. This statistic might be directly linked with food intake highly filled with carcinogens (GMO’s, processed meats, microwaved popcorn, refined sugars, conventional fruits).
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Asian American/Pacific Islander men and women are 2.4 and 2.7 times greater incidence rates of liver cancer than of non-Hispanic white men and woman. As well, both Hispanic men and women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with and to die from liver cancer compared to non-Hispanic whites. Steven Reinberg stated in his article that “Hispanics have a higher risk of cancers tied to infections, such as those of the stomach, liver and cervix, than whites. Hispanics are vulnerable to inequalities in cancer diagnosis and care. They are less likely than whites to be diagnosed with cancer at an early stage.”

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