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A recent survey finds nearly one-fourth of African-American breast cancer survivors were not satisfied with the information they received about treatment options from their doctors.
Researchers sought to assess patients’ clinical experiences, concerns and needs, asking participants questions about their treatment, access to information, support services and clinical trials, insurance and employment status, general health, and lingering effects of cancer treatment.
“Anyone who takes care of people with cancer should be aware of these concerns,” says lead author Marlene M. von Friederichs-Fitzwater, director of the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Outreach Research and Education Program.
“We know that one powerful factor in cancer outcomes is the extent to which patients obtain information and participate in their treatment decision-making.”
While many studies have documented African-American disparities in breast cancer screening, detection, mortality and disease staging, few have looked at the experiences from a patient’s post-treatment and survivorship perspective.
For the study, von Friederichs-Fitzwater telephoned African-American women throughout the Sacramento region known to have been treated for breast cancer. The women were identified through support groups and advocacy organizations, survivorship events and other agencies.
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wil-lie
May 6, 2012 at 9:15 pm
have you people ever study melanoma cancer….it the cancer of all cancer’s….and it the aid virus…but you got to study…..the t-cell….tell the b-cell to make antibodies but the t-cell is effected so it cannot talk to the b-cell so the b-cell do not know to make antibodies to attack that disease it the body…..now the “cd4″ on the t-cell allow the aid virus to come in the t-cell and this is the only cell that have that cd4 on it……now the virus can be give through s*x….especially in the b**t…why because this is where your fighter cells are fighter are white blood cell…and only white blood cell have DNA IS NOT IN RED BLOOD CELL LIKE SOME BLACKS MAY THINK…THIS IS WHAT HAPPEN INTENTIONALLY BY WHITE EUROPEAN…”{THEY OWN ALL THEY LAND IN AMERICA}” AFTER THE ON GOING RECESSION IN THE MID AND LATE 1980′S IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY WITH THE DRUG EPIDEMIC BEING FORCE IN PLACE DO TO JOBLESS BLACKS…THE WHITE MEN PUT IN A WEL FARE REFORM THAT SCARED THE SHYT OUT OF THE BLACK WOMEN THEY TOOK AWAY HER INSURANCE TO TAKE CARE OF HER KID SHE WAS STILL HAVING FROM THESE BLACK MEN…so after they got the black women inside the office and on the jobs with them they always had this i will fire you policies in place so the white men would this to use to force the black women…you can either give me s*x or I’m going to fire you… than what are you going to do your welfare is gone this…”{this was put in place by you dumb niger black president bill Clinton}” this is where aid come from mostly…”{and every president since Ronald Reagan” and every “{senator aka the real white boys club}” help put this is place to kill and look at the mass murder that whet on in the cities of America….this should have been an act of terrorism…and it’s still on going right now under these white boys club…and they did not care how many white got caught up in this {“project}”"{PROJECT}” as long as they was seeing the black population was getting kill…..
Dee Dee Haymon
May 6, 2012 at 11:41 am
Because most are in it for profits. Acting like a healer but really the killer. Honors. Insurance Scams are at an all time high and some of those other organs to that isn’t ill.. FACTS. You can’t trust this society, it was raised upon b******l thinking..