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WACH BOARD MEMBER DR. GARCIA-DOMINIC AUTHORS FIRST LATINO-HISPANIC CANCER BURDEN REPORT

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Dr. Oralia Garcia Dominic, a member of the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg’s board of directors, lead a team of experts to compile the first Latino-Hispanic Cancer Burden Report that was released Friday at a press conference at the State Capitol.  Dr. Garcia was part of a team that included Dr. Eugene J. Lengerich, a physician at Penn State Medical Center. The research was funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute and the Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities.

A copy of the report can be found here: latino-hispanic-cancer-burden-report-pa-2016