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Multithumb found errors on this page: There was a problem loading image C:\wamp\www\images/stories/08_screen.jpg  Breast cancer continues to be the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in the United Sates. In 2008, an estimated 182,400 U.S. women were newly diagnosed with breast cancer, and more than 40,000 women died from the disease. The good news is that breast cancer deaths have declined recently among white women in this country; the bad news is that over the same period, survival has decreased among black women. The 5-year breast cancer survival rate is 69 percent for black women, compared with 85 percent for white women. In 2008, there were an estimated 11,000 newly diagnosed cases of invasive cervical cancer in U.S. women, and about 3,900 women died from the disease. Cervical cancer occurs most often among minority women, particularly Asian-American (Vietnamese and Korean), Alaska Native, and Hispanic women. Although deaths from cervical cancer have declined substantially over the past 30 years, the cervical cancer death rate for black women continues to be more than twice that of white women. (Source: ahrq.gov)   Socialize this Subscribe to our RSS feed to stay in touch and receive all of TT updates right in your feed reader
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