Like many other African-American women in Memphis and around the country, Ms. Reid learned about her breast cancer after it had already reached an advanced stage, making it difficult to treat and reducing her odds of survival. Her story reflects one of the most troubling disparities in American health care. Despite 20 years of pink ribbon awareness campaigns and numerous advances in medical treatment that have sharply improved survival rates for women with breast cancer in the United States, the vast majority of those gains have largely bypassed black women.
from Healthy Living - The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/tackling-a-racial-gap-in-breast-cancer-survival_n_4482417.html?utm_hp_ref=healthy-living&ir=Healthy+Living
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from Healthy Living - The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/tackling-a-racial-gap-in-breast-cancer-survival_n_4482417.html?utm_hp_ref=healthy-living&ir=Healthy+Living
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