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A black and white look at breast cancer mortality
02-21-2007 · EurekAlert!Researchers suggest a reason for racial disparity in breast cancer survival rates. African and African American women are much less likely to survive breast cancer surgery than their white counterparts and far more likely to get the disease before the menopause. Previous research suggests that those who undergo surgery for the disease before the menopause are more prone to relapse.
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