In the US, black women have a higher risk of dying from any type of breast cancer than white women – a new study has found. According to the researchers, the increased survival risk for Black women ranges from 17 to 50 per cent,

Black women are more likely than white women to die from even the most treatable types of breast cancer, a study published Tuesday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found.

Despite declines in breast cancer death rates for both Black and white women, mortality rates for Black women remain 40% higher.