Disparities in medical care among commercially insured patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer : Opportunities for intervention

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Quality of life concerns in patients with breast cancer : Evidence for disparity of outcomes and experiences in pain management and palliative care among African-American women

✍ Richard Payne; Eduardo Medina; James W. Hampton 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 94 KB 👁 1 views

## Background: African-american women are at higher risk for breast cancer mortality compared with their white counterparts. furthermore, african-american women present for diagnosis and treatment later in the disease process. it may be expected that this greater disease burden would impose more sy