Breast cancer is the most common noncutaneous malignancy and the second most lethal
form of cancer among women in the United States. It currently affects more than one in ten …

Every year, more than 2 million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast or cervical
cancer, yet where a woman lives, her socioeconomic status, and agency largely determines …

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

Background Although both race and socioeconomic status are well known to influence
mortality patterns in the United States, few studies have examined the simultaneous …

For nearly forty years, feminists and patient activists have argued that medicine is a deeply
individualizing and depoliticizing institution. According to this view, medical practices are …

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 …

Purpose Underuse of adjuvant therapy is a potentially important and remediable
explanation for the inferior survival of minority women with breast cancer. We sought to …

Background: Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading
cause of cancer death among women in the United States and varies systematically by race …

There are currently screening programmes for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer in many
European countries. However, the uptake of cancer screening in general may vary within …

Background: Although numerous studies have examined the association of area
socioeconomic status (SES) and cancer screening after controlling for individual SES …