Statewide Iowa (RI) — University of Iowa researchers have released phase one of their search to identify some of the reasons Iowa has the second highest rate of newly diagnosed cancers in the United States.
The group examined demographic factors and behaviors, like smoking and binge drinking, and found Iowa has similar demographic factors to Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas and Nebraska.
Dr. Mary Charlton, director of the Iowa Cancer Registry, says Iowa’s cancer rate, however, is slightly higher than the region’s…