Second cancers kill more Black, Hispanic breast cancer survivors
Black and Hispanic breast cancer survivors have more risk of dying from a second cancer than survivors of other racial or ethnic groups.
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Black and Hispanic breast cancer survivors have more risk of dying from a second cancer than survivors of other racial or ethnic groups.
Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black female survivors of breast cancer experience higher death rates after being diagnosed with a second primary cancer than members of other ethnic and racial groups, according to recent research from investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.
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