(BlackDoctor.org) -- Mammography can detect breast cancer in its early, most treatable stages, but black American women may not be reaping the full benefit of this screening test.The reason, according to a new study: Too many black women aren't understanding, or even receiving, the results of their mammograms."Communication of the results seems to break down more for black women than for white women," said lead researcher Beth A. Jones, an associate professor of epidemiology and public health at the Yale University School of Medicine."Black women were about twice as likely to get inadequate communication [on their mammogram results]," Jones said. Inadequate communication was defined as women reporting that they didn't hear back on their results, or that they did not fully understand them.The study is expected to be published in the March issue of the American Journal of Public Health.Read the full article at: www.blackdoctor.org.Check out other articles about Breast Cancer
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