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Racial disparities persist in breast cancer
Racial disparities persist in breast cancer
Racial disparities persist in breast cancer For black women, interplay of factors raises risk of deathMaxine Quattlebaum-Martin felt like her doctor was dismissing her, and even worse — writing her off as dead.The 56-year-old Albany resident, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013 and a year ago had new tumors on her lung, felt she was on the wrong medicine and wasn't getting other options.Six months ago when her doctor told her to get her affairs in order, Quattlebaum-Martin asked her neighbor Lasone Garland-Bryan for help.Garland-Bryan was a lifelong friend who, when battling her own first bout with breast cancer more than a decade ago, helped found the Women of Color Cancer Support Group.
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These are the other breast cancer symptoms you should be aware of - National
These are the other breast cancer symptoms you should be aware of - National
When women think of breast cancer, a lump is often the telltale symptom that comes to mind.But are you aware of other warning signs?A new report has found that one in six women diagnosed with breast cancer had other warning signs they should have paid attention to.Women need to be educated about "non-lump" symptoms to catch the potentially fatal illness earlier on, experts out of University College London and Cancer Research UK say.
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Vitamin D levels tied to breast cancer survival
Vitamin D levels tied to breast cancer survival
For women diagnosed with breast cancer, high vitamin D levels in the blood may be tied to better odds of surviving and having tumors with less deadly characteristics, suggests a new study.While the new study supports previous research on vitamin D and breast cancer, it can't prove that boosting vitamin D levels will improve outcomes for women with breast cancer."Overall, we found a 30 percent reduction of all-cause mortality associated with vitamin D levels at the time of diagnosis," said the study's lead author Song Yao, of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York.The researchers used data from an ongoing study of California women started in 2006.
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