Sentences with phrase «black women with breast cancer»

But black women with breast cancer are not getting the care they need.

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Non-Hispanic black (NHB) women «continued to have higher breast cancer death rates than [non-Hispanic white] women, with rates 39 % higher in NHB women in 2015, although the disparity has ceased to widen since 2011.»

Black women who are diagnosed with breast cancer...

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Let me use an example from public health: white woman have a higher rate of developing breast cancer over black woman in the United States, yet even with more cases fewer white woman die from breast cancer than black woman.

James said that while there is a 99 percent survival rate if breast cancer is detected early, black women are 42 percent more likely to die from breast cancer than their white counterparts and Hispanic women have significantly higher rates of being diagnosed with advanced breast cancer than either white or black women.

«Black women have been noted to present [at a doctor's office] with later stage cancer, which has a worse outcome — and they don't always get adequate care,» says Ruth ORegan, MD, associate professor of hematology and oncology and director of the translational breast cancer research program at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute in Atcancer, which has a worse outcome — and they don't always get adequate care,» says Ruth ORegan, MD, associate professor of hematology and oncology and director of the translational breast cancer research program at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute in Atcancer research program at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute in AtCancer Institute in Atlanta.

Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, have a personal history of breast cancer, and individuals with liver disorders should not take black cohosh.

, Randomized trial of black cohosh for the treatment of hot flashes among women with a history of breast cancer, 2001

Chemical «relaxers» used to straighten hair are not associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer among African - American women, say researchers who followed 48,167 Black Women's Health Study participwomen, say researchers who followed 48,167 Black Women's Health Study participWomen's Health Study participants.

Women with a history of breast cancer, and those who are at high risk of developing breast cancer, shouldn't take black cohosh without first consulting with their health care practitioner.