Why Are So Many Minority Patients Declining Breast Cancer Treatment?
"We see a lot of worry about how the cancer and then the treatment will compromise their abilities to fill their roles in their families. Asian Americans are more likely to agree to surgery, but there are a lot of concerns about the side effects of chemotherapy. They worry about fatigue, loss of time, and the impact it has on their role as a wife or mother." (Sora Park Tanjasiri)
