Blacks Less Likely Than Whites To Receive Standard Of Care In Radiation Therapy For Breast Cancer

 05.09.2008 08:18   medicalnewstoday.com

Black women are less likely than white women to receive radiation therapy after a lumpectomy, the standard of care for early stage breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The study, the largest of its kind, was presented in advance of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Breast Cancer Symposium, and is the first national study to examine such racial disparities in radiation therapy.

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