Lower-income US women more likely to miss key breast cancer test, study finds
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Isolation and lack of health insurance also correlate to reduced mammogram rates for breast cancer Women who are low-income, socially isolated and lack health insurance are far less likely to be up-to-date on mammograms, a breast cancer screening tool experts said is critical to reducing breast cancer deaths, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer to afflict American women, and kills an estimated...

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