Breast cancer deaths higher for Black women.RESEARCHERS HAVE NOW EXAMINED RACE, socioeconomic status socioeconomic status, n the position of an individual on a socio-economic scale that measures such factors as education, income, type of occupation, place of residence, and in some populations, ethnicity and religion. and patient survival in 20 breast cancer studies and found that Black women are 19 percent more likely to die from breast cancer than white women regardless of how well-off or poor the women were. The study was published earlier this year in the Journal of Clinical Oncology The Journal of Clinical Oncology is a medical journal published by the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The Journal was founded in 1983 and publishes original research and review articles on topics relating to cancer. It is published 3 times a month. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Another study examined the medical records of 677 women who underwent early-stage breast cancer surgery at New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. hospitals. Researchers found that one in three Black women and nearly one in four Latinas didn't get the radiation, chemotherapy and hormonal therapy Hormonal therapy Use of hormone medications to inhibit menstruation and relieve the symptoms of endometriosis. Mentioned in: Endometriosis needed after breast cancer surgery. |
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