📋 Breast Cancer Disparities Persist, Study Shows (AARP Article)

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Despite Decades of Progress, Breast Cancer Disparities Persist.

Report finds that new cases are also increasing, especially in certain populations.

By Rachel Nania, AARP. Published October 01, 2024.

Breast cancer mortality rates have fallen significantly since the late 1980s, thanks in large part to advances in early detection and treatment. But a new study from the American Cancer Society shows that not all populations in the United States have experienced this progress evenly. 

While breast cancer mortality rates have dropped by 44 percent overall in the last three decades — this translates to approximately 517,900 fewer deaths — they have improved only slightly for Asian American and Pacific Islander women and have remained unchanged for American Indian and Alaska Native Women.

https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2024/breast-cancer-disparities.html