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This 6 page paper considers the issue of breast cancer in African American women, the leading cause of cancer-related death in this population, and then relates the high mortality rates in African American women to socioeconomic and environmental factors. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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died of the disease (Phillips and Lodovico, 1996). Though improvements in treatment and diagnostic procedures have reduced the mortality rates in the last five years, some populations, including African
American women, continue to demonstrate higher than average occurrence rates and mortality rates. Breast Cancer in African American Women "Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among
African American women between the ages of 30 and 54," and African American women also develop the disease at a younger age, on average, than White (or American-European women) (Randolph,
1997, p. 148; Anonymous, 1997). Some theorists have even asserted that breast cancer tumors are more aggressive in African American women and that breast cancer cells are of a
generally of more aggressive type, spreading faster in this population, a fact that has been supported by studies at George Washington University Hospital (Randolph, 1997). Other facts are also
recognizably disturbing, including the following points presented by Randolph (1997, p. 148): For Black women, the five-year, post-diagnosis survival rate in only 69 percent, compared to 84 percent for
White women. Breast cancer deaths among Black women are rising while they are falling among White women (between 1989 and 1993, mortality rates among Whites decline about 6
percent, while rates among black women increase 1 percent, says the National Cancer Institute). Although White women are more likely than Black women to get breast cancer, Black
women who get the disease face twice the risk of dying from it. Though breast cancer is problematic for any population, this health issue has had recognizable impacts
on the African American community and the factors influencing mortality must be considered along with appropriate treatment models to address early detection and prevent death due to causes that could
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