Black women are more likely to die from breast cancer – so why is breast screening attendance still a problem?

Black women are more likely to die from breast cancer – so why is breast screening attendance still a problem?

Source: The Conversation

We reviewed nearly 1,000 papers, but only eight articles included Black women.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women globally. But, in part thanks to screening programmes, over 75% of those diagnosed with breast cancer in England now survive for ten years or more.
However, due to a complex combination of ra… [3705 chars]

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