The breast cancer statistics for Black women are devastating and unacceptable. Black women are being killed by breast cancer at a 42 percent higher rate than white women, and Black women have a 31 percent breast cancer mortality rate—the highest of any U.S. racial or ethnic group, according to Breast Cancer Prevention Partners.
The breast cancer ecosystem is hard at work on researching new therapies to find a cure for breast cancer. That’s all well and good, but breast cancer for black women is a different and unique malady that deserves special attention.
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