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Breast Cancer Action Webinar: Inequities In Breast Cancer
ourbodiesourblog.com 3 days, 9 hours 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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Are There Really Just Five Racial Groups?
slate.com 1 week, 3 days agoFor the first time in history, more than half of American children under the age of 1 are members of a minority group , according to figures released Wednesday by the Census Bureau. Everyone is familiar with the federal government’s classification of race and ethnicity,white, black or African-American, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander. Why did we settle on these particular groupings?
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