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Breast cancer is the second-most-common cancer among women and the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Even though it's slightly less prevalent among Black than white women in the U.S., Black women are more likely to die from the disease.
Diagnostic tests out there. the other problem is that often people don't get screening. they don't know about it. they are scared to have it and scared it is going to hurt or by a problem. they don't have access to screenings. there are a all sorts of reasons and that needs to be improved as well. erica and jim. >> and why is the number so long for lung cancer in particular? >> it is interesting, lung answer, the screening recommendations are a little bit trickier, jim. it depends on smoking history and whether you're smoking now and your age. so it is a little bit trickier for doctors to sort...
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And get to it before it spreads and really lower someone's risk of morbidity and mortality. these polyps, most of them are precancerous and they take almost 10, 15 years to develop into cancer. >> it's so important to destigmatize. i give them both huge credit for doing this. you need to be able to talk about it freely because it's not that big of a deal to do it. what are the screening recommendations? >> for the average risk american, 45 to 75, those individuals should be getting screened usually about every ten years. for those that are 76 to 85, it should be an individualized decision, som...
Us a idea of the progress made? >> we have seen a decline in the death of people in people over the age of 50 and that is largely because there has been improved uptake and compliance with screening recommendations. i cannot emphasize enough the important of getting it detected early. thank you, this morning, history in paris. a live picture right now of a new honor for josephine baker 40 years after her death. ine baker0 years after her death.