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[ 19 ] Also, for the years 1995-1998 it was found that all ethnic disparities in breast cancer survival were eliminated once TNM Stage had been controlled.
Soon afterward, another US government arm, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of the DHHS, issued two other reports: the National Healthcare Disparities Report [3] and the National Healthcare Quality Report [4], with annual updates promised.
The usual socio-economic disparities between blacks and whites don't seem to explain this difference, because in the study racial comparisons were made between patients with similar access to health care.
Studies also indicate that although genetics is involved in some health-related differences between racial and ethnic groups, such as in the incidence of certain diseases and responses to pharmaceuticals, it is probably not a major factor in explaining health disparities [6].
This finding is interesting in view of the disparities believed to exist between blacks and whites in both need and access to health care services.