Racial Divide in Breast Cancer Detection

Research at the University of California, San Francisco found a racial disparity in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Black women are not diagnosed as early as white women. UCSF epidemiologist and radiologist Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD, disusses breast cancer statistics including death rates among African-American women. Related Links: Racial Divide in Breast Cancer Detection KGO-TV (ABC), February 16, 2007 Mammography Screenings for Breast Cancer Show Racial and Ethnic Disparities UCSF News Release, April 17, 2006 UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center