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	<title>BLACK ENTERPRISE &#187; cancer screening</title>
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		<title>Ovarian Cancer Screening: The Elusive Goal</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2009/09/16/ovarian-cancer-screening-the-elusive-goal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Holcomb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Women of Power Articles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If ever there was a cancer in need of an effective screen, its ovarian cancer. Consider these facts; approximately 20,000 new cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed each year in the United States and approximately 16,000 deaths are attributed to the disease. The 5- year survival for patients diagnosed with cancer confined to the ovary is over 90% but drops to 25-30% for women whose disease has spread to the upper abdomen or distant sites.]]></description>
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		<title>The Costs of Cancer: Part Two</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Center for Minority Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are several theories that explain why blacks have higher mortality rates from cancer. They range from lack of adequate healthcare to distrust of the medical community.

Lack of insurance is certainly a problem. Almost 20% of African Americans, compared with 10.4% of non-Hispanic whites, were uninsured in 2007, according to “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Policy in the United States,” a U.S. Census report.

Dr. Stephen B. Thomas, director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Minority Health, says insurance is important, but adds that it is not a substitute for education and prevention.

“We’ve missed the focus,” Thomas says. “We focus on getting people insurance, but will they use it? Even if they have the insurance, if they don’t trust the medical care system they’re not going to use it.”]]></description>
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