Non-Whites at Higher Risk for Pain with Metastatic Breast Cancer, University of North Carolina Study

CHAPEL HILL – A new study finds significant racial differences in the risk of pain related to metastatic breast cancer. An analysis by Dr. Liana Castel of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and colleagues found that non-whites experience poorer pain control among women with this disease. The study will be published in the Jan. 1, 2008 issue of CANCER, the journal of the American Cancer Society.