Shedding Light On Racial Disparities In Cancer Survival - 2 Studies
 

Black women diagnosed with breast cancer have a greater chance of dying from the disease than white women, according to a new study published online July 7 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Age-standardized breast cancer mortality rates in the U.S. have remained higher and declined more slowly among black women. This study was undertaken because the underlying causes of this disparity were unclear. To explore this, Idan Menashe, Ph.D.

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