Ethnic Breast Cancer Gap Tied To Mammography Rates

“Advanced stage tumors were more frequent in African-American and Hispanic women than whites upon diagnosis, and high-grade tumors were more likely in African-American, Hispanic, and Native American women, the investigators found.

The number of large tumors detected was 1.8 per 1000 mammograms when performed at 1-year intervals, but this rate increased to 4.8 per 1000 when intervals were 4 years or more. White women were more likely than members of other ethnic groups to be screened every year or two.”

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