High Blood Pressure Linked To Earlier Death Among African-American Breast Cancer Patients
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 14:40
in Health & Medicine
A new study has shown that hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a predictor of mortality among breast cancer patients, especially those who are African-American, and that hypertension accounts for approximately 30 percent of the survival disparity between African-American and white breast cancer patients.
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