Minorities Wait Longer For Breast Cancer surgery
By Genevra Pittman, Reuters/Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among young women diagnosed with breast cancer, black and Hispanic patients were more likely to wait weeks for treatment, in a new study from California.
Researchers found treatment delays were also more common among poor women and those without private insurance – and that a woman’s chance of surviving at least five years after cancer surgery was lower when it was put off.
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