Racial disparity among breast cancer patients

A blue ribbon panel in Chicago released a report yesterday outlining recommendations to help decrease health disparities, after it was found that the breast cancer mortality rate for black women in Chicago is 68 percent higher than that for white women, a disparity that cannot be explained by genetics alone. One of the key recommendations is to create a "universal, transparent quality-control system for mammograms, which are specialized X-rays that can detect breast cancer earlier." Full article can be accessed here (free registration may be required).

The panel's report is available at http://www.chicagobreastcancer.org .