Breathing disorder puts blacks at high cancer risk

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Blacks with a history of the chronic breathing disorder COPD have a far greater risk of developing lung cancer than whites who have the lung disease, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. They said the high risk for blacks with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease highlights the need for better risk assessment tools that take race and ethnicity into account. "The one-size-fits-all risk... [read full story]