Is breast cancer the primary cause of cancer deaths in women?
Lung cancer is number one; breast cancer is number two. Do African American women have a greater chance of dying from the disease? African American women have a 10.14 percent lifetime risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer (compare this to 13.86 percent for white American women). Nevertheless, out of 100,000 African Americans, 31 die from the cancer while, for Caucasian Americans, the cancer mortality is 27 out of 100,000. In addition to lacking health care coverage more frequently — which leads to later diagnosis — researchers found that the cells making up the tumors grow and spread more rapidly in African American women. Thus, it is common for African American women to be diagnosed with breast cancer when the tumors are larger and have already caused significant damage to the body. These patients do not respond as well to hormone treatment courses. Can men get breast cancer, too? Men have a much lower risk of developing breast cancer, but it is nevertheless possible. 2008 saw
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