Black women have a 31% breast cancer morality rate. October is
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Racial difference (white-African American) in years of life expectancy
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Hoochies Of Houston on X: October is Breast Cancer Awareness month💗 African American women have a 31% breast cancer mortality rate – the highest of any U.S. racial or ethnic group. Among
Black Women Still Facing a Higher Mortality Rate From Breast Cancer
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Fighting, Surviving, and Thriving After Breast Cancer: Personal
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Cancer mortality higher among American Indian and Alaska Native
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Colorectal cancer mortality rates for U.S. men and women aged 25–64
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1 in 10 women ages 40+ have never had a breast cancer screening
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Breast Cancer Mortality Rates Have Stopped Declining in U.S. Women Younger than 40 Years
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Lung cancer mortality rates for U.S. men and women aged 25–64 years and
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October Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Current Oncology, Free Full-Text
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Increasing Clinical Trial Participation of Black Women Diagnosed
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Breast cancer deaths keep falling, but wide gap for Black women