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Transition FIGURE 2-27 Stage at colorectal cancer diagnosis, by
race and ethnicity, U.S., SEER 1996 to 2000. SOURCE: Ward et al.
(2004). underrepresentation among cancer survivors. Efforts are
needed to improve screening for colorectal cancer within these
groups. As is the case for other cancer sites, prevalent cases
of colorectal cancer are more likely than incident cases to be
aged 65 and older (76.7 versus 68.1 percent) (Figure 2-28). In
2005, there will be about 7,350 new cases of Hodgkin’s disease
and 1,410 HD deaths in the United States. Epidemiologic evidence
suggests that HD results from a complex of related conditions
that are in part mediated by infectious diseases, immune
deficits, and genetic susceptibilities (Cartwright and Watkins,
2004). Death rates h