New Clues to Race Gap in Breast Cancer Outcomes

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In an editorial accompanying the studies, Dr. Otis W. Brawley, of the American Cancer Society, took this view: "Taken together, the two studies and others do not suggest that blacks have a different kind of breast cancer, but rather that there are multiple kinds of breast cancer and a higher proportion of black patients with breast cancer have the worst kind."

Both biological differences and access to care could account for the gap, in Menashe's view. The take-home point for breast cancer patients, he said, given the finding that deaths occur soon after diagnosis, is: "Once diagnosed, they should get treatment ASAP.''

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To learn more about the racial gap in breast cancer, visit the American Cancer Society.

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