Insurance A Major Factor In Blacks’ Higher Breast Cancer Mortality

“What has changed is we have these scientific advances in early detection and treatment, we have mammography, we have adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer, we have hormone therapy, we have now even targeted therapy,” Jemal said. “We know that black women are less likely to receive high-quality mammograms, less likely to receive a follow-up after an abnormal mammogram, and are less likely to receive targeted therapy.”