Black women on Medicare fare worse after breast cancer diagnoses than similar white women, a study finds. Researchers blame preexisting health issues such as diabetes.
A diagnosis of breast cancer is more likely to lead to early death for black women than for white women, a disparity that's mainly the result of having more health problems before cancer develops, new research shows.
via L.A. Times - Health http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/features/health/~3/G7qTaljA5Dw/la-sci-breast-cancer-racial-disparities-20130723,0,6151315.story
A diagnosis of breast cancer is more likely to lead to early death for black women than for white women, a disparity that's mainly the result of having more health problems before cancer develops, new research shows.
via L.A. Times - Health http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/features/health/~3/G7qTaljA5Dw/la-sci-breast-cancer-racial-disparities-20130723,0,6151315.story
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