Black women more likely to die from breast cancer: report

Doctors have made great strides in fighting breast cancer, but not everyone is benefiting equally: Black women, in particular, are 40 percent more likely to die from the disease than any other racial or ethnic group. Although breast cancer rates have been dropping during the past 20 years, "black women are diagnosed with breast cancer at lower rates than white women, and yet [blacks] have higher death rates," according to CDC deputy director Ileana Arias. Read more here.

Study mentioned: Vital signs: racial disparities in breast cancer severity-United States, 2005-2009. MMWR. 2012; 61(45):922-926.