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Transcript: Profile: Studies show breast cancer is biologically different in African-American women compared to white women
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- March 18, 2005
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STEVE INSKEEP
Morning Edition (NPR)
03-18-2005
Profile: Studies show breast cancer is biologically different in African-American women compared to white women
Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM
STEVE INSKEEP, host:
African-American women who get breast cancer are more likely to die of it than white women. Many believe that's due to unequal access to regular mammograms and timely treatment, but growing evidence suggests there is something biologically different about breast cancer in black women. NPR's Richard Knox reports.
RICHARD KNOX reporting:
A passel of new studies all point in the same direction, even when researchers take into account that African-Americans have more advanced ...
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