Friday, December 20, 2013

Racial Gap In Screening and Treatment Of Breast Cancer Is Growing With No Signs of Abating

Tackling A Racial Gap In Breast Cancer Survival by Tara Parker-Pope.  The New York times.  December 20, 2013.

(1)  In the 1980s breast cancer survival rates for white and black women were ____________.

(2)  _________ is the deadliest major American city for African-American women with breast cancer.

(3)  Over all, black women with a breast cancer diagnosis will die _______ years sooner than their white counterparts.

(4)  True or False:  Biological differences can explain the gap in breast cancer survival.

(5)  Among the reasons that Memphis is an epicenter for many diseases including breast cancer are
_________ disparities, __________ of the medical establishment, and lack of ________________.

(6)  Many black women in Memphis do not see______________ at all.

(7)  A network of __________ has proved to be effective in outreach to women on breast cancer outreach.


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