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Additional
Resources:
Overviews
Breast Cancer
Facts (see also Overviews)
Cancer death rates still declining (Feb. 20, 2008 / www.4woman.org/news)
New report looks at the latest on breast cancer (Sep.
25, 2007 / www.cancer.org)
Falling breast cancer rates attributed to drop in HRT, not drop in mammograms (Aug.
24, 2007 / www.oncolink.com)
Apparent rise in metastatic breast cancer tied to increased SLN biopsies (Jul.
6, 2007 / www.oncolink.com)
Mammography use falling in the US (May
14, 2007 / www.oncolink.com)
US
breast cancer mortality declining faster
for ER-positive tumors (Apr.
20, 2007 / www.oncolink.com)
Racial and Ethnic Patterns (see
also Socioeconomic Factors)
African American women less likely to undergo BRCA1/2 genetic testing (Jan. 17, 2008 / www.oncolink.com)
Breast
cancer pain not controlled as well in non-whites (Nov. 26, 2007 / www.oncolink.com)
Cultural
bias against mammography exists despite education
(Nov.
26, 2007 / www.oncolink.com)
White
women receive adjuvant breast cancer therapy
more often than blacks (Oct.
16, 2007 / www.oncolink.com)
Black
women get less breast cancer treatment (Oct.
8, 2007 / www.4woman.org/news)
Studies shed new light on breast cancer, treatment (Sep.
8, 2007 / www.4woman.org/news)
Estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer more common in African Americans (Sep.
6, 2007 / www.oncolink.com)
Racial variations found in breast cancer type and size (Aug.
22, 2007 / www.oncolink.com)
Perceived racism does not explain low mammography rates (May
22, 2007 / www.oncolink.com)
Biological
factors may underlie racial differences
in breast cancer (Apr.
18, 2007 / www.oncolink.com)
Hispanic
breast cancer differences persist with
equal access to care (Apr.
17, 2007 / cancernet.nci.nih.gov/ncicancerbulletin/)
Triple-negative
breast cancers more likely to affect young,
poor minority women (Apr.
12, 2007 / www.oncolink.com)
Socioeconomic
Factors
ACS
launches healthcare access campaign (Sep.
17, 2007 / www.cancer.org)
Record
number of Americans lack health insurance (Aug.
28, 2007 / www.4woman.org/news)
Current
Research
Area around breast tumor may predict cancer's spread (Dec. 19, 2007/
www.4woman.org/news)
Cancer care advances in 2007 offer hope (Dec. 18, 2007 / www.4woman.org/news)
Breast
cancer genetics takes big leap forward (May
28, 2007 / www.4woman.org/news)
Gene
findings boost breast cancer research (May
24, 2007 / www.4woman.org/news)
Updated: June 4, 2008. |
