Black women had an increased risk for not undergoing biopsy within 90 days after abnormal screening mammography results compared with women of other racial and ethnic groups, according to study results published in JAMA Oncology.
“We know that there are racial and ethnic disparities in important breast cancer outcomes, such as stage at diagnosis and mortality, but less is known about disparities in the diagnostic pathway leading up to a breast cancer diagnosis and how those may contribute to downstream disparities,” Marissa B. Lawson, MD, researcher in the department of radiology