The black:white disparity in breast cancer mortality: the example of Chicago
Cancer Causes & ControlPublished 6 February 2007
Jocelyn Hirschman, Steven Whitman, David Ansell
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There has been no improvement in mortality from breast cancer for black women in Chicago in 23 years, lends support to the hypothesis that the disparities in breast cancer mortality are due to differential access to Mammography, differential quality in mammography, and differentialAccess to treatment for breast cancer.
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There has been no improvement in mortality from breast cancer for black women in Chicago in 23 years. This study, along with a review of the literature, lends support to the hypothesis that the disparities in breast cancer mortality are due to differential access to mammography, differential quality in mammography, and differential access to treatment for breast cancer. Fortunately, all three are amenable to intervention, which would help ameliorate this unacceptable disparity.
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