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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer research has been reported by scientists at University of Windsor
March 5th, 2009
" This study examined whether race/ethnicity had differential effects on breast cancer care and survival across age strata and cohorts within stages of disease. The Detroit Cancer Registry provided 25,997 breast cancer cases," scientists in Windsor, Canada report. "African American and non-Hispanic white, older Medicare-eligible and younger non-eligible women were compared. Successive historical cohorts (1975-1980 and 1990-1995) were, respectively, followed until 1986 and 2001. African American disadvantages on survival and treatments increased significantly, particularly among younger women who were much more likely to be uninsured. Within node positive disease all...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-03-05)
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