Uptake of mammography screening is much lower among ethnic minority women

Commentary on: Miller, BC, Bowers, JM, Payne, JB, et al . Barriers to mammography screening among racial and ethnic minority women. Soc Sci Med 2019;239:112494. Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of death in women. Evidence from USA suggests that the breast cancer-associated mortality rate is much greater among Black women.1 In the UK, a higher incidence of breast cancer was reported among South Asian women and a group classed as ‘mixed’ compared with other white and ethnic groups.2 Evidence also highlights that that age for breast cancer among women from minority ethnic groups is lower than their white counterparts. …