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Important Links for the Black Community About Breast Cancer
Special Report: Increasing Racial Diversity in Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Breast Reconstruction in Women of Color: Tips on Getting the Care You Deserve Podcast: Just Ask: Increasing Diversity in Clinical Trials Video: Diversity in Clinical Trials: Your Participation Matters Podcast: The Importance of Diversity in…
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Cold Caps and African-American Hair
Hello all, I thought I'd start this thread to share my experience with cold caps and African-American hair. I just started chemo and would like to save some of my hair, and some sense of normalcy, if I can. BC has turned a lot of things upside down - and hanging onto a small part of myself would be encouraging. There's a…
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Free Genetic counseling through eReach program!
Learn how you can receive free genetic counseling through Penn Medicine’s eReach program. If you live in the United States and you haven’t had genetic testing for a hereditary cancer syndrome, you may be eligible to receive free genetic counseling by participating in the eReach Study. Why participate in the eReach Study?…
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Lower Oncotype DX Scores Seem Less Accurate for Black Women With Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cx
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Research News: Should Black Women Start Breast Cancer Screening Earlier?
Should Black Women Start Breast Cancer Screening Earlier? Apr 19, 2023 Research analyzing breast cancer death rates suggests Black women should start screening earlier than women of other races and ethnicities. Read more…
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Black Women Face Multiple Barriers to Risk-Reducing Care
Black Women Face Multiple Barriers to Risk-Reducing Care Mar 21, 2023 Black women at high risk of developing breast cancer face a number of barriers to risk-reducing care. Read more...
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Podcast: BC Survival Differences in Black & White Women
Breast Cancer Survival Differences in Black and White Women Mar 16, 2023 Dr. Kent Hoskins explains his research on some of the causes of breast cancer survival disparities. Although Black women are less like to be diagnosed with breast cancer than white women, they are more likely to die if they do develop the disease.…
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Socioeconomic, BC Factors & Higher Death Rates for Black Women
Breast Cancer Characteristics and Socioeconomic Factors Equally Linked to Higher Death Rates Among Black Women Feb 27, 2023 Breast cancer characteristics and environment equally contribute to worse breast cancer survival rates among Black women. Read more...
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Shorter Radiation Schedule Less Likely For Black Cancer Patients
Shorter Radiation Schedule Less Likely For Black Cancer Patients Feb 20, 2023 Black people diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer were less likely to receive radiation on a shorter, or hypofractionated, schedule. Read more...
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COVID-19 Outcomes Worse for Black Cancer Patients
COVID-19 Outcomes Worse for Black Cancer Patients Mar 31, 2022 Among Black people and white people diagnosed with cancer and COVID-19, Black people had worse COVID outcomes than white people. Read more...
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Black Women More Likely Than White To Develop Lymphedema
Black Women More Likely To Develop Lymphedema After Breast Cancer Treatment Than White Women December 10, 2021 A study suggests Black women are about 3.5 times more likely to develop lymphedema than white women. Read more...
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Special Report: Increasing Racial Diversity in Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are the main way scientists develop new and improved cancer treatments. Yet less than 5 percent of adults with cancer participate in clinical trials, and most who do are white. Disparities in clinical trial participation among Black women could be one of the reasons they have worse breast cancer outcomes…
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Podcast: The Importance of Diversity in BC Clinical Trials
The Importance of Diversity in Breast Cancer Clinical Trials September 15, 2021 Dr. Lola Fayanju is the Helen O. Dickens Presidential Associate Professor at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is also chief of breast surgery at Penn Medicine, as well as surgical director of the Rena…
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BC Deaths Decrease in Florida; Still Highest for Black Women
Breast Cancer Death Rate Decreases in Florida, but Still Highest for Black Women July 8, 2021 Breast cancer death rates decreased among all racial and ethnic groups from 1990 to 2015 in Florida, but Black women were still twice as likely to die from breast cancer as white women. Read more...
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African American Women & Triple Negative Status
Wow, I've been away from the boards for a while and had to create a new user account and was pleasantly surprised to find this link. I'm stage 4 with triple negative breast cancer. I don't know if anyone has started a discussion about that here or not. Just to introduce myself and how I ended up here. I had a breast…
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Black Women and Rates of Genetic Mutations vs. White Women
Do Black Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer Have Higher Rates of Genetic Mutations Than White Women? June 8, 2021 Black women and white women diagnosed with breast cancer have about the same rates of genetic mutations linked to a higher risk of breast cancer. Read more...
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Untangling Link Between Hair Relaxers & Risk in Black Women
Untangling Link Between Hair Relaxers and Breast Cancer Risk in Black Women June 8, 2021 There seems to be no link between hair relaxers and breast cancer risk in Black women. But researchers found some evidence suggesting that heavy use of hair relaxers containing lye may be linked to a higher risk of…
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Women of Color, Rural Women Miss Screening During Pandemic
Women of Color, Rural Women More Likely to Miss Breast Cancer Screening During Pandemic June 2, 2021 Women of color and women living in rural areas were more likely to miss regular screening mammograms during the COVID-19 pandemic than white and urban women. Read more...
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#blackdatamatters: a place to talk about clinical trials
Talk with others discussing clinical trials.
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Timely Surveillance Mammos Less Likely for Minority Survivors
Timely Surveillance Mammograms Less Likely for Minority Breast Cancer Survivors May 20, 2021 Black and Hispanic breast cancer survivors are less likely to receive timely surveillance mammograms compared with white women. Read more...
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Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Deadlier for Black Women
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Deadlier for Black Women, Partially Due to Lower Surgery, Chemotherapy Rates May 18, 2021 Black women who are diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer are 28% more likely to die from the disease than white women with the same diagnosis. Read more...
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Reconstruction in Women of Color: Getting the Care You Deserve
Check out the new page from Breastcancer.org on Breast Reconstruction in Women of Color: Tips on Getting the Care You Deserve
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Black and Low-Income Women Often Denied Access to 3D Mammos
3D Mammogram Disparities: Black and Low-Income Women Often Denied Access March 4, 2021 Over the last 10 years, women of color, as well as women with less education and lower incomes, have had less access to 3D screening mammograms compared to white women and women who are more educated and well-off financially. Read more...
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What you need to know about breast cancer, with "3 Black Docs"
Choices about breast cancer treatment are among the biggest health decisions you will make in your lifetime.It's important to understand your diagnosis and be included in these choices. But understanding a breast cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming; overnight, you are thrown into a world doctors study for years to…
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Hair regrowth timeline
For those wondering how long it takes forthe hair to return.. . Here is a time line for my hair regrowth. I am now over a year PFC post final chemo. So I have lots of pics.