Study finds racial disparities exist in radiation therapy rates ...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Sun, 12/13/2009 - 23:00

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Black women are less likely than white women to receive radiation therapy after a lumpectomy, the standard of care for early stage breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Texas M.

D. Anderson Cancer Center.

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