The preliminary research from the University of Iowa College of Public Health includes data-driven examination of demographic and behavioral risk factors possibly driving Iowa’s high and growing cancer rates
DES MOINES — Linn County is among roughly a dozen Iowa counties with significantly higher overall cancer rates, and advanced stage lung cancer is particularly problematic statewide, according to preliminary snapshots into research conducted at the University of Iowa to determine drivers of Iowa’s high cancer rates.
Iowa has the second-highest cancer rate in the U.S. and the only rising state rate…