BLACK bREAST CANCER NEWS
Black Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer Less Likely to Trust, Participate in Clinical Trials
A Black patient with metastatic breast cancer explained that the results of the survey show that more work must be done by all stakeholders to increase the participation in clinical trials to accurately assess treatments in diversified populations.
Buddy Check: What Black women need to know about breast cancer
Doctor Joana Folayan is an OB-GYN in Las Vegas and a breast cancer survivor. “I think that women should definitely concentrate on doing their breast self-exams. I think they should do it every month, a week after their menses.”
Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Higher Breast Cancer Risk in Black and Hispanic Women
Black and Hispanic women who had low levels of vitamin D in their blood were more likely to develop breast cancer than women with sufficient levels.
Is It all In the Genes?
Racial Differences in Genomic Profiles May Help Explain Breast Cancer Outcomes
After Screening, Keep Feeling!
After your screening, please keep feeling!
Risk Assessment at Age 30
Black women face barriers at every stage of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, and the effects ripple through their families and communities
I Have Breast Cancer
MP Dawn Butler says EARLY DETECTION is everything
Dying Hair and Breast Cancer
Can Dying Your Hair Raise Your Risk for Breast Cancer? Experts Explain
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
What Black Women need to know about Triple Negative Breast Cancer.
Is it Possible to Breastfeed With Advanced Breast Cancer?
If a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer while nursing, most physicians recommend that they stop breastfeeding. (BlackDoctorOrg - BDO)
10 Breast Cancer Myths
Piercings are linked to breast cancer? (BDO)
Having Dense Breasts
Dense Breasts? This MRI Screening Can Rule Out Breast Cancer (BDO)
The Leading Black/African Oncologist
The William L. McGuire Lecture Award will be presented to Olufunmilayo Olopade, MD, FAACR, at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. December, 2, 2021
Attitudes of Oncologists
Oncologist Attitudes May Factor into Underutilization of Genetic Counseling, Testing in Black Women with Breast Cancer. November 30, 2021
Black Breast Reconstruction
African American women are less likely to be pictured in social media posts showing the outcomes of breast reconstruction. December 1, 2021
No Young & Black Person Speaks About It
Lucy was 26 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
After finding a lump in her breast by chance while on a day off, she made an appointment with her GP.
November 11, 2021
Racial Minorities Underrepresented in Cancer Research
Black, Hispanic, American Indian, and Alaskan Native people are vastly underrepresented in research studies on breast, prostate, lung, and colorectal cancer. November 8, 2021
Why we need new breast cancer screening guidelines for Black women
Current mammography guidelines are “one size fits all” for all women in the United States. November 3, 2021
Breast cancer in Africa: A growing dilemma
In Nigeria, Uganda and Malawi, lifesaving information is often scarce, and many patients lack access to adequate treatment.
October 18, 2021
African American breast cancer patients less likely to receive genetic counseling
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine surveyed doctors for differences in genetic counseling between Black & white women with breast cancer.
October 18, 2021
Angie Taylor
After Breast Cancer Journey, Survivor Gives Back October 19, 2021
Woman With Double Mastectomy Was Told To Wear A Bra To The Pool
A white woman with a double mastectomy, told to wear a bra in the pool, follows the rule literally.
October 19, 2021
News on triple negative treatment
Gilead’s Trodelvy (sacituzumab govitecan) received a positive opinion for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).
October 18, 2021
Breast cancer patients turning to marijuana – but many hide it.
Nearly one-third of patients surveyed by the American Cancer Society said they felt uncomfortable discussing cannabis with doctors.
October 18, 2021
Breast Cancer In Caribbean Women
What You Need to Know About the #1 Cause of Cancer Deaths Among Caribbean Women.
October 4, 2021
Shamara Morrison
Diagnosed at 32, Shamara Morrison (Jamaican) shares her breast cancer journey.
October 17, 2021
Turks and Caicos
Breast Cancer cases in TCI increased in 2021. Cancer Society urges early screening.
October 8, 2021
Princess Wilkes
How To Live In The Now with
Metastatic Breast Cancer -
October 13, 2021
Breast cancer ‘rampant in Africa’
Tanzania’s first female physician talks about
breast cancer in Africa -
October 13, 2021
Breast cancer in Ghana
Cultural & structural influences that ‘hide’ information from women diagnosed with breast cancer in Ghana.
October 11, 2021
Black Women Have Nearly 3x Higher Triple Negative Breast Cancer Risk
Black women have nearly a three-fold increased risk of triple negative breast cancers -
October 4, 2021
Doctors on Closing the Breast Cancer Mortality Gap for Black Women
The mortality rate for Black women with breast cancer is 42% higher than for white women -
October 2, 2021
New Campaign Brings Awareness To Women Of Color With Breast Cancer
Increasing the representation and inclusion of minority breast cancer survivors -
October 4, 2021.
'I thought I was too young to have breast cancer
When Lucy found a lump on her breast,
cancer didn't even cross her mind.
September 22, 2021
Black Women Face Three-Fold Increased Risk of Triple Negative Breast Cancers
An analysis of patients highlights the differing
races, ages, and disease subtypes.
September 20, 2021.
Partnership fights to amplify Black women’s voice in breast cancer research
The #BlackDataMatters movement aims to increase the presence of black women in vital clinical studies.
October 31, 2021
why are Black women more likely to develop breast Cancer?
Black and white women have the SAME gene mutations linked to breast cancer risk.
September 5, 2010
We’re calling on big brands to stop selling Hair Relaxers
Hair relaxers containing lye could put black women 30 per cent more at risk of breast cancer.
August 26, 2021
The breast cancer gene, or BRCA, informs a person’s likelihood of getting cancer.
People with mutated BRCA genes may have a higher chance of getting breast and ovarian cancer.
August 24, 2021
Screening by mammography
Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) is more difficult to detect on mammography.
September 20, 2021
Caribbeans and Breast Cancer
1 in 7 Caribbean Adults With Breast or Ovarian Cancers Have Actionable Pathogenic Variants.
March 10, 2021
Gene Sequencing in the Caribbean
What proportion of Caribbean patients with breast or ovarian cancer carry a mutated inherited gene?
March 1, 2021
