Black women are still at a 40% higher risk of death from breast cancers than white women.
Councilmember Farah Louis hosts a mammogram bus that offers free screenings in Flatbush on Saturday, Sept. 17.Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death among women, but research shows that despite a slight decline in the mortality rate due to earlier detection and improvements in treatment,
In one instance a woman of Jamaican heritage from Bed Stuy who had been a nurse opted for the free screening because she had been let go last year after not getting vaccinated and had no insurance. She said otherwise she has gotten them every year since she was 40. She asked to not be identified. Natasha Mmeje, director of community education and outreach at Susan G. Komen, said that there’s a huge disparity in death rates in women of color and that Black women tend to be diagnosed with later stage breast cancer as well. Breast cancers, such asand inflammatory breast cancer, are considered highly aggressive because they grow and spread quickly. TNBC is commonly found in Black women younger than 40 or ones that have the BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations in their genes.
The Komen report concluded that other root causes for the disparities may be a lack of knowledge and study of genetic testing in the Black community, inequitable research on Black women in clinical trials, a high percentage of medically underserved communities, and the social and economic gap. Historically, said the study, Black people do not volunteer for genetic testing and studies, and Black women are less likely to go to the doctor or take prescribed medications.
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