University of Michigan: Living Through Katrina Associated With Higher Death Rate Among Breast Cancer Patients
October 31, 2019
October 31, 2019
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 31 [TNSsociologyresearch-Journal of General Internal Medicine] -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
Breast cancer patients who endured Hurricane Katrina in 2005 have a 15% higher mortality rate than those patients not exposed to the storm, according to a University of Michigan researcher.
This increase was likely caused by disaster-related health care disruptions, said Sue Anne Bell, an assistant professor at the U-M . . .
Breast cancer patients who endured Hurricane Katrina in 2005 have a 15% higher mortality rate than those patients not exposed to the storm, according to a University of Michigan researcher.
This increase was likely caused by disaster-related health care disruptions, said Sue Anne Bell, an assistant professor at the U-M . . .