Racial Disparity in US Breast-Cancer Mortality Black women have derived less benefit from
interventions such as mammography screening and adjuvant endocrine therapy than White …

Breast cancer is the most common noncutaneous malignancy and the second most lethal
form of cancer among women in the United States. Mortality from breast cancer has declined …

Racial disparities in breast cancer mortality have been widely documented for several
decades and persist despite advances in receipt of mammography across racial groups …

Despite the recent decline in breast cancer mortality, African American women continue to
die from breast cancer at higher rates than do White women. Beyond the fact that breast …

Objective The black: white disparity in breast cancer mortality has been increasing in the US
In order to gain insight into this disparity in Chicago, we examined mortality data together …

BACKGROUND: Black women often present with advanced-stage breast cancer compared
with White women, which may result in the observed higher mortality among Black women …

Abstract Background In the United States, a black-to-white disparity in age-standardized
breast cancer mortality rates emerged in the 1980s and has widened since then. Methods …

In this article, the American Cancer Society provides an overview of female breast cancer
statistics in the United States, including data on incidence, mortality, survival, and screening …

It is well known that there is a significant racial divide in breast cancer incidence and
mortality rates. African American women are less likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer …

BACKGROUND. Questions have existed as to whether residential segregation is a mediator
of racial/ethnic disparities in breast cancer care and breast cancer mortality, or has a …