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World Service,3 mins
Series The Truth About Cancer
Why do 75% more black women than white women die from breast cancer in LA?
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'When our people are diagnosed with breast cancer, the first thing they think of death' - Miss Loretta Jones, Healthy African American Families. What causes such a large disparity of death rates between white women and African American women when it comes to breast cancer, in LA - America's second largest city? Dr David Ansell, physician at Rush University Medical Centre in Chicago, Miss Loretta Jones from Healthy African American Families, breast cancer surgeon Dr Heather Macdonald and Gina, a radiographer, share their views. Photo: Quote from the Breast Cancer Task Force Credit: back image of Los Angeles - Getty Images
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