M.D. ANDERSON STUDY FINDS RACIAL DISPARITIES EXIST IN RADIATION THERAPY RATES FOR EARLY STAGE BREAST CANCER
September 04, 2008
September 04, 2008
HOUSTON, Sept. 4 -- The University of Texas System of MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release:
Black women are less likely than white women to receive radiation therapy after a lumpectomy, the standard of care for early stage breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
The study, the largest of its kind, was presented today in advance of the American Society of Clinical Oncology . . .
Black women are less likely than white women to receive radiation therapy after a lumpectomy, the standard of care for early stage breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
The study, the largest of its kind, was presented today in advance of the American Society of Clinical Oncology . . .