Article: Study reports black women are at increasing risk for breast cancer.

Byline: Judy Peres, Ronald Kotulak and Peter Gorner

CHICAGO _ A study showing an alarming gap in breast cancer death rates for black and white women in Chicago has mobilized health experts to find the root causes and recommend within a year ways to reduce the unusually high mortality among African-Americans.

Why black women are more likely to die of breast cancer is unclear, but medical leaders say genetics, lack of awareness about breast self-examination, inability to afford routine mammograms and limited access to medical facilities may play crucial roles.

Some Chicago researchers are also beginning to look at whether the stress of social ...

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