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By: Karen Bankston, PhD, MSN

Cancer Care in the Black Community

Black people have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial/ethnic group in the United States for most cancers. An underlying source of health disparities among people of color is structural racism, which is defined as discrimination perpetuated through interconnected institutions and reinforced through culture, history, ideology, and sanctioned practices.

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