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Ethnicity: White women are diagnosed with breast cancer more often than women of other races. However, Black women are more likely to have aggressive types, usually because diagnosis typically ...

Black women experience advanced diagnoses 55% more often than white women. The rates of late-stage breast cancer at diagnosis have risen among women in all racial and ethnic groups, but Black ...

Plus, while breast cancer rates have remained stable among white women, they have increased by 0.4% per year among Black women since 1975. And these disparities aren’t unique to Black women.

According to Felicia E. Snead, MD, FASTRO, there is a significantly lower number of Black women who get breast cancer. Incidence in white women is far greater, but Black women tend to have more ...

MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- Significant breast cancer disparities persist between Black and white cisgender women in Wisconsin, according to the Wisconsin Cancer Collaborative cancer disparities report.

Younger Ages at Diagnosis Typically, breast cancer rates in women go up after age 50, with diagnosis in white women spiking between ages 60 to 84. Black women, on the other hand, are more likely ...