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Breast cancer: Black women are 3.8 times more likely to die

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Breast cancer: Black women are 3.8 times more likely to die

Black women have a breast cancer mortality rate 3.8 times higher than that of white women. This finding comes from Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Incidence, a publication by Brazil’s National Cancer Institute (INCA) and the first volume in its series Racial Disparities and Breast Cancer: A Look at the Health of Black Women. The report was released on Tuesday (Oct. 27), coinciding with the Brazilian National Day of Mobilization for the Health of the Black Population in the country. Notícias relacionadas:Brazil: Four in ten cancer deaths preventable.Women’s cancer campaign to expand mobil

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