MGH, BMC Study Looks At The Role Race Plays In Treating Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Medical Center have been awarded a $350,000 grant from pharmaceutical maker Pfizer to study how race is a factor in treating cancer and surviving it.
“It’s been a perpetual problem in breast cancer where black women have a death rate that’s almost 40% higher than white women,” Dr. Ko said. “And this disparity has been really troubling for a long time, for decades now.” — Dr. Naomi Ko