Breast cancer kills more uninsured blacks

Underinsured African-American women die more often from breast cancer than underinsured white women, even when treated at the same hospital by the same doctors, researchers said Wednesday.

And it's not because they get different treatment, the researchers said.

"When you have the same physician pretty much giving the same treatment to all women, then African-Americans will make the same treatment decisions as everybody else," said Dr. Ian K. Komenaka, of Wishard Memorial Hospital in Indianapolis, who led the study.