Mary J. Blige teams up with first lady Jill Biden to support cancer research.
and the American Cancer Society to announce national meetings on breast and cervical cancer.
First lady Jill Biden, right, holds hands with singer Mary J. Blige during an event to launch the American Cancer Society's national roundtables on breast and cervical cancer in the State Dining Room of the White House, on Monday.Blige blamed misconceptions about mammograms among Black women and “the practice of not wanting other people in our business” for disparities in breast cancer outcomes between Blacks and whites.
Gore witnessed firsthand the impact this can have on Black women. She recalls how one of her patients, who is in their late 20s, visited the emergency room over concerns of a mass developing in her breasts. During her visit, doctors misdiagnosed the patient as having a breast infection. Convinced that her diagnosis was inaccurate, the patient decided to seek care from Gore, who then made a gruesome discovery.
“We literally experience delays at every single turn,” she said. “We can’t put all of this on a patient. A lot of it has to do with the health care system itself.”point to the lack of diversity within the medical profession. She explained that few Black people and other minorities are participating in life-saving clinical trials, a direct result of poor recruitment, she said.
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