'black women' tagged blog posts in Dr. Ruddy's Breast Cancer Blog

Black women have a higher risk of developing a certain type of breast cancer, one that is more aggressive and less amenable to targeted therapies such as anti-estrogen drugs (tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitors) and monoclonal antibodies like Herceptin.  While the cause of this unfortunate epidemiologic disparity remains unclear, researchers have identified two risk factors that ought to...