CDC: Breast cancer death rates dropping

According to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of patients dying from breast cancer is declining. The study says that African-American women have a 40-percent

News 12 Staff

Nov 15, 2012, 9:50 PM

Updated 4,620 days ago

Share:

According to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of patients dying from breast cancer is declining.
The study says that African-American women have a 40-percent higher death rate than white women.
According to the study, the cause of the higher death rate among African-American women is because they receive less frequent mammograms, and there tends to be a longer time between diagnosis and treatment. The CDC adds that tumors found in African-American women tend to be harder to treat.