Improving outcomes for African American women with breast cancer

Less access to medical care is a significant issue for African American women diagnosed with breast cancer, says Worta McCaskill-Stevens (above).

They come into treatment very late in the disease, and their rate of aggressive, triple-negative breast cancer—the subtype with the poorest prognosis—is higher than in other racial groups.

See “Improving outcomes for African American women with breast cancer” by the National Cancer Institute on the NIH MedlinePlus magazine website (November 10, 2020)