African American women are known to be more likely to die from breast cancer than white women, yet new study findings show that the factors associated with an increased risk of death from the condition are similar in both groups.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005—African American women are known to be more likely to die
from breast cancer than white women, yet new study findings show that the
factors associated with an increased risk of death from the condition are
similar in both groups.
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in African-American and
white women in the United States. But while African-American women are less
likely to develop breast cancer than white women, they are about 30 percent more
likely to die from the disease.
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