Article: Race a factor in breast reconstruction after mastectomy.

Article: Immediate breast reconstruction more common in ...
NewsRx Health;  December 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... patients who were white or African-American. Of these, 4,994 (27.9 percent) underwent breast reconstruction during the same hospitalization ... reconstruction, the authors write. African American race/ethnicity, older age ...

Article: Race a factor in breast reconstruction after ...
Cancer Weekly;  September 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... immediate breast reconstruction. When compared ... Asian women, African American women underwent ... immediate breast reconstruction. In addition ... referrals for breast reconstruction or recommend ... reconstruction to African American women. Additionally ...

Article: Race, Age, Geography, Significantly Decrease Odds of ...
U.S. Newswire;  February 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... likelihood that African American, Hispanic ... women have breast reconstruction after mastectomy ... women had breast reconstruction in 2001 ... Influences Breast Reconstruction -- According ... the study, African American, Hispanic ...

Article: Breast Reconstruction Less Likely for black Women
Journal of the National Medical Association;  October 1, 2004 ;     441 words ... ... immediate breast reconstruction. This included ... 2% of African-American women, compared ... factors, African-American and Asian ... immediate breast reconstruction than white ... of delayed breast reconstruction was also lower in African-American ...

Article: Breast Reconstruction
Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers;      700+ words ...Breast reconstruction Definition Breast reconstruction is a series of surgical ... 95%), followed by African-American women (4%). The remaining ... 5%). Description Breast reconstruction is performed in two stages ...

Article: Breast Cancer and African-American Women
Philadelphia Tribune, The;  June 27, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... The 06-27-1997 Breast Cancer and African-American Women Imagine walking into your physician ... Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 11,000 African-American women will be diagnosed with breast ... sound alarming, especially since African-American women are two times more likely to ...

Article: A women's support group addresses the fear and intimidation felt ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  January 31, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... little object sitting there.'' It's frustrating for African-American cancer patients not to be able to find breast prostheses ... area,'' she said. But when Ford contemplated having breast reconstruction, her husband told her, ``I don't want to see you ...