A study investigated how Black women with breast cancer perceive communications with their oncology care team.
Disparities in Breast Cancer
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Childhood cancer survivors had a 2.6-fold higher risk of mortality after breast cancer recurrence.
Black patients had the lower distant-stage 5-year overall survival compared with White and Asian patients.
Differences in the use of targeted therapies between Black and White patients decreased between 2010-2011 and 2018-2019.
Dr. Erin Dickman discusses oncology nurses' pivotal role in patient breast cancer survivorship and lymphedema management.
Hurricane Maria's impact led to delays in care and uncertainty for patients with cancer in Puerto Rico.
Dr. Bruce Dorr on what menopausal women with BRCA should know about hormone replacement therapy.
Black patients had lower rates of utilization and longer wait times for immunotherapy.
African American and Asian women had significantly lower odds of undergoing breast reconstruction.
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Rachel Freedman, MD, MPHMedical oncologist, clinical researcher | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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