© 2002 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 7, 471-473,
April 3, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
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Disaggregating the Effects of Race and Poverty on Breast Cancer Outcomes
Correspondence to: Otis W. Brawley, M.D., Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, 1365 Clifton Rd., N.E., Suite B-4100, Atlanta, GA 30322 (e-mail: otis_brawley@emoryhealthcare.org).
Over the past 20 years, there has been an increasing racial disparity in breast cancer mortality (1) (Fig. 1
). Although the mortality rates for African-American women have recently begun to fall, the rates for white women have fallen at a greater pace, meaning that the disparity between black and white women has continued to increase every year since 1981. Finding the true reasons for the disparity is important if we are to effectively reduce it. So often, our ability to see the truth in racial matters is obscured by our fear of dealing with the issue of race. Bradley et al. (2) take a giant step toward finding the truth in their study entitled "Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Breast Cancer Treatment and Survival."
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