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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2000 92(6):444-445; doi:10.1093/jnci/92.6.444
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 6, 444-445, March 15, 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

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Inner-City Mammography Programs Aim to Make Breast Cancer "A Visible Disease"

Jennifer Roemer

As investigations into the breast tumor biology of black women intensify, advocates of early detection are stepping up efforts to create culturally sensitive breast cancer screening programs for African-American women that guide them beyond early detection to diagnosis and treatment.

Incidence and mortality rates have always formed the rationale behind the creation of breast cancer detection programs for African-American women. Recent data from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program indicate the age-adjusted incidence rate of breast cancer in black women is 99.3 per 100,000 population compared with 113.2 for white women.

Yet when blacks’ breast tumors are diagnosed, 51% of the cancer cases are detected . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Addressing Barriers

Focus on Patients

Going Where the Women Are


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