Why Do African Americans Have Increased Breast Cancer Mortality?

There are very strong reasons why we do need to look at tumor biology and genetics when we are trying to comprehensively understand the explanation for breast cancer disparities,” says Lisa Newman.

Newman is a surgical oncologist who oversees the breast surgery program for the Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and has focused her research on the role of race and ethnicity in breast cancer risk and outcomes.

See “Why Do African Americans Have Increased Breast Cancer Mortality?” by Marci A. Landsmann on the Cancer Today magazine website (November 13, 2020)