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Stars team up for a breast cancer awareness night

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A new study says place of origin may impact a Latina's breast cancer survival rate

A new study says place of origin may impact a Latina's breast cancer survival rate

SAN FRANCISCO - AUGUST 18: Dr. Edward Sickles MD (R) and Larisa Gurilnik RT look at films of breast x-rays at the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center August 18, 2005 in San Francisco, California.The UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center continues to use the latest research and technology to battle cancer and was recently rated 16th best cancer center in the nation by US News and World Report.(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)2005 Getty ImagesA new groundbreaking study shows how breast cancer mortality rates differ for Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican and Central and South American women in the U.S.The author of the study, which is funded by the Avon Foundation, says the goal is to provide aggregated data to help health care providers understand the diversity within the Hispanic community in the U.S.


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U.S. breast cancer deaths drop; rate among white women falls most

U.S. breast cancer deaths drop; rate among white women falls most

Construction workers and hospital employees wear pink hard hats and form a giant pink ribbon to promote the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, at the UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center construction site in La Jolla, California, September 30, 2014.REUTERS/Mike Blake/File PhotoU.S. death rates from breast cancer have dropped, although the decline was still greater among white women than black women, according to a study released Thursday.From 2010 to 2014, there were approximately 41,000 deaths each year from breast cancer, the second-most deadly cancer for women after lung cancer, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.While total death rates dropped during the five-year period, the decline was greater for white women at 1.9 percent per year compared with 1.5 percent per year for black women, the study found.


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Racial disparities in breast cancer recede

Racial disparities in breast cancer recede

(CNN) - Racial disparities between black and white breast cancer patients are receding, according to a report released Thursday.Younger women of both races benefit equally from timely treatment, but differences in death rates still exist for black and white women over age 50, a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates.Led by Dr. Lisa Richardson, director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, the CDC researchers examined rates of breast cancer occurrence in women between 1999 and 2013 and rates of breast cancer deaths between 2000 and 2014, using data from the United States Cancer Statistics report.Approximately 221,000 breast cancers were diagnosed in women of any race each year during the period from 2009 through 2013.