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Latinas Have Life-Threatening Time Delay After An Abnormal Mammogram

Latinas Delay Treatment After Abnormal Mammogram
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Deputy Editor HuffPost Latino Voices & Voces

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Bath, UK

Latinas who have an abnormal mammogram result take 33 days longer to reach definitive diagnosis of breast cancer than non-Hispanic white women, which threatens their lives, according to a new study by researchers at the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Such a time delay can have a critical impact on tumor size, stage at diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and survival of subsequent breast cancer.

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