New insights into survival outcomes of Asian Americans diagnosed with cancer

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Numerous studies have documented racial differences in deaths from cancer among non-Hispanic whites and African Americans, but little has been known about survival outcomes for Asian Americans who have been diagnosed with cancer, until now. A new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital examined cancer patients in eight different Asian American subgroups and found their cancer-specific mortality was substantially lower than that of non-Hispanic white patients.