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The study, which looked at data from 2004 to 2021, found that advanced breast cancer rates have risen among women of all ages, with the sharpest increases in young women aged 20 to 39, and women ...
For the most common subtype, HR-positive, HER2-negative, which accounts for 60% to 70% of all breast cancer diagnoses, Black women were 50% more likely to die from the disease than white women ...
Black women in the United States have higher rates of breast cancer before age 50, a higher incidence of harder-to-treat breast cancers, and a 42% higher breast cancer death rate than white women ...
According to the American Cancer Society, Black women are 41% more likely than white women to die from breast cancer, and 1 in 6 of all Black women in America will die from cancer.
Breast cancer cases are the most common, but female lung cancer diagnoses are also soaring. Racial disparities are a factor, too: More Black women are dying of breast cancer.
Sisters Network, recognized as a critical information resource for Black women, aims to save lives and offer a broad knowledge of the U.S. crisis in Black women's chances of surviving breast cancer.
The disparity is particularly stark for breast cancer, which kills Black women at a 40% higher rate than white women, even though their rate of diagnoses is 4% lower.
Black women are 40% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women and tend to be diagnosed younger. Are 3D mammograms better than standard 2D imaging for catching advanced cancers?. A ...