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Health-Related Social Needs Can Keep Women from Getting Lifesaving Mammograms : Challenges include social isolation and cost to access health care
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Description:Updated April 9, 2024
Breast cancer causes more than 40,000 deaths in women each year in the United States. Deaths due to breast cancer have decreased over time, yet some groups experience more deaths than others. For example, Black women, women who are uninsured, and women with low incomes are more likely to die from breast cancer. Screening mammograms have been shown to reduce breast cancer death by 22%.
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