Article: Breast Cancer Epidemiology in Blacks and Whites: Disparities in Incidence, Mortality, Survival Rates and Histology

Article: BREAST CANCER: NEW EFFORTS UNDERWAY
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  October 21, 1998 ;     700+ words ......0000 Overview: Breast cancer is the most commonly...early detection of breast cancer. For women age...chance of death from breast cancer by one- third or...mortality rates among white women declined for all...expected to die from breast cancer. ...

Article: Higher Percentage of Black Women Die From Breast Cancer
NPR Morning Edition;  April 22, 1994 ;     511 words ......reason to fear breast cancer. It shows that...black women than white women are dying of the...proportion of white women get breast cancer, but that doesn't mean that more white women die of breast cancer. A study released...

Article: Breast cancer kills more blacks than whites here: Task force formed to see why Chicago has wide disparity.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  October 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ......alarming gap in breast cancer death rates for black and white women in Chicago...higher: 40.5 breast cancer deaths per...with 23.4 for white women. For the U...aggressive type of breast cancer compared to white women, said Dr...

Article: Surviving Breast Cancer
New Pittsburgh Courier;  October 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ......States will develop breast cancer during her lifetime. Black women and white women get cancer at...higher than that of white women. Researchers think this is because breast cancer is often diagnosed...the Magee/UPCI Breast Cancer Program, cites...both ...

Article: Breast Cancer Hits Blacks Hard
Sun Reporter, The;  June 20, 2002 ;     480 words ......hear about how white women in Marin County and dealing with breast cancer. But what about...After age 40, white women are more likely...diagnosed with breast cancer than Black women...likely to die from breast cancer than white women. ...

Article: Breast cancer issues stressed
Philadelphia Tribune, The;  October 12, 2004 ;     653 words ......lower rate of breast cancer incidence than white women, they have a...with aggressive breast cancer than white women. A recent study...than those in white women." Jones noted...diagnosed for breast cancer at a younger...

Article: Younger African-American women still at risk for breast cancer
New Pittsburgh Courier;  November 8, 2006 ;     666 words ......incidence of breast cancer as well as a...of death from breast cancer than do white women. Furthermore...African-Americans with breast cancer die at a younger...African-American and white women in the United...chances of getting breast cancer ...

Article: Profile: Studies show breast cancer is biologically different in African-American women compared to white women
NPR Morning Edition;  March 18, 2005 ;     662 words ......Studies show breast cancer is biologically...compared to white women Host: STEVE...women who get breast cancer are more...of it than white women. Many believe...risk than white women for developing breast cancer. Is it good...

Article: Breast cancer's quiet victims
The Boston Globe;  October 22, 1994 ;     606 words ......to explain why breast cancer is deadlier to black women than to white women. Black women are...than half of the breast cancer survival differences...79 percent of white women are still alive...higher rate than white women," Dr. V. Merle...recent forum on ...

Article: Breast cancer study; What we know now and what's still being researched
Pacific Sun;  September 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ......family history of breast cancer explain 50 percent of Marin County's breast cancer cases. About 261...diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the...people. To reduce breast cancer risk, women can...to the causes of breast cancer by examining the...us to ...

Article: Breast cancer bias
Post-Tribune (IN);  July 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ......lower incidence of breast cancer tthan white women but on average are...cancer, as opposed to 26 white women. Breast cancer is the most common...lower incidence rate of breast cancer than white women, they routinely aren...

Article: Testing for Breast Cancer at an Earlier Age Urged
Los Angeles Sentinel;  October 22, 2003 ;     408 words ......October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and...unusually high rate of breast cancer at an early age. Studies show that white women generally develop breast cancer after menopause, but...causes, than it is for white women. BlackNews.com, the ...

Article: Study reports black women are at increasing risk for breast cancer.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  October 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ......alarming gap in breast cancer death rates for black and white women in Chicago...aggressive types of breast cancer. Experts say...likely than white women to have a...aggressive type of breast cancer compared to white women, said Dr...

Article: Breast Cancer deaths higher among Black women
Westside Gazette;  April 6, 2006 ;     168 words ......likely to die from breast cancer and minorities...disease compared to white women, according to...more likely than white women to die of breast cancer. A second study...with early-stage breast cancer had double the risk of white women of ...