When planning an educational program on cancer for a group of older adults, the nurse incorporates information regarding racial and ethnic patterns of cancer in the United States that includes evidence that
a. the incidence of cancer is highest among African Americans.
b. Native Americans have the highest overall incident rates of cancer.
c. incidence rates for lung cancer are lowest for white women.
d. Hispanic women have the lowest inci-dence rates of cervical cancer.
A
Cancer affects Americans of all racial and ethnic groups; however, the incidence of cancer does demonstrate patterns according to racial and ethnic origins. African Americans have higher overall incidence rates than whites, whereas Hispanic Americans and Native Americans have lower incidence rates overall.
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