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Breast Cancer Action Webinar: Inequities In Breast Cancer
ourbodiesourblog.com 17 hours, 35 minutes agoLast week, Breast Cancer Action hosted a webinar, Inequities in Breast Cancer: Race and Place Matter, presented by Sahru Keiser of BCA and Irene Yen of UCSF. They discussed disparities in deaths and especially survival 5 years past diagnosis among Black, Latina, Asian and Pacific Islander, Native Hawaiian, and Native American and Alaska Native women. For example, Keiser noted that Latinas are 20% more likely to die than white women, even when diagnosed at a similar age and cancer stage. The presenters also
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Few U.S. Hispanics Screened For Skin Cancer
yahoo.com 17 minutes agoFRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Only one in 14 Hispanic adults in the United States has ever been screened for skin cancer, far fewer than the one in four whites screened, a new study finds.










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