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Forum: Black Women with Breast Cancer

Black Women with Breast Cancer who want to connect.

• African American Women & Triple Negative Status

  717 Posts 9,818 Views

  Created by: TripleNeg on Dec 2, 2007 05:19PM

  Latest post: Jun 30, 2018 10:31PM by lLinda

• Financial Burden of Breast Cancer More Difficult for Black Women

  1 Posts 13 Views

  Created by: Moderators on May 15, 2018 11:56AM

  Latest post: May 15, 2018 11:56AM by Moderators

• Black Women Added to High-Risk Group for Breast Cancer

  1 Posts 7 Views

  Created by: Moderators on May 1, 2018 11:32AM

  Latest post: May 1, 2018 11:32AM by Moderators

• BCO Podcast: Shades of Brown Foundation

  1 Posts 3 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Apr 19, 2018 10:48AM

  Latest post: Apr 19, 2018 10:48AM by Moderators

• Previously relaxed hair and chemo

  1 Posts 7 Views

  Created by: KC74 on Apr 10, 2018 02:24PM

  Latest post: Apr 10, 2018 02:24PM by KC74

• Hair regrowth timeline

  8 Posts 78 Views

  Created by: DespiteEverything_ITrustThee on Jan 19, 2018 06:46AM

  Latest post: Apr 5, 2018 05:14PM by Gigicommon

• Cold Caps and African-American Hair

  23 Posts 409 Views

  Created by: kaydeesmiles on Jun 4, 2013 11:55PM

  Latest post: Feb 24, 2018 08:02PM by FaithWalker22

• Tackling A Racial Gap In Breast Cancer Survival - New York Times

  6 Posts 204 Views

  Created by: Alli_FLA on Dec 20, 2013 04:52PM

  Latest post: Oct 18, 2017 07:42PM by careforcancer-001

• Cold Caps and Relaxed Black Hair

  2 Posts 80 Views

  Created by: Tannniii on May 24, 2017 03:16PM

  Latest post: Jun 19, 2017 07:49PM by Char1110

• Chemo Before Surgery Can Reduce Recurrence Risk in Blacks

  1 Posts 85 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Mar 7, 2017 09:23AM

  Latest post: Mar 7, 2017 09:23AM by Moderators

• Happy Thanksgiving to All

  2 Posts 83 Views

  Created by: lLinda on Nov 15, 2014 01:32AM

  Latest post: Nov 15, 2016 01:09AM by lLinda

• Wigs, chemo hair loss. Los Angeles, CA. What have you learned?

  86 Posts 1,193 Views

  Created by: Sessna1 on Feb 26, 2009 08:26PM

  Latest post: Dec 1, 2015 04:43PM by StayingFocus

• Any help you can give is greatly APPRECIATED!

  2 Posts 124 Views

  Created by: scarletphoenix on Aug 3, 2015 03:56PM

  Latest post: Aug 3, 2015 05:43PM by BarredOwl

• Pain Control Worse for Non-Whites with Metastatic Breast Cancer

  3 Posts 166 Views

  Created by: saluki on Nov 26, 2007 03:10PM

  Latest post: Jun 17, 2015 05:48AM by lianacastel

• 2 New Research Stories of Interest for Black Women

  2 Posts 109 Views

  Created by: Moderators on Feb 20, 2015 08:32AM

  Latest post: Mar 31, 2015 07:51AM by StayingFocus

• New genetic BC anomalies in African American families

  1 Posts 74 Views

  Created by: cp418 on Feb 6, 2015 07:38AM

  Latest post: Feb 6, 2015 07:38AM by cp418

• Coloring your hair after chemo?

  4 Posts 160 Views

  Created by: deelightful on May 2, 2014 06:27AM

  Latest post: Aug 11, 2014 07:57PM by MissBee

• Where are...

  63 Posts 956 Views

  Created by: Felicia on Sep 11, 2008 06:23PM

  Latest post: Jul 24, 2014 11:47PM by rogam

• Newly diagnosed and full of questions

  10 Posts 267 Views

  Created by: Phillygurl44 on Dec 29, 2013 07:39PM

  Latest post: Jul 24, 2014 11:44PM by rogam

• Hair question (how soon can you relax after chemo)?

  31 Posts 720 Views

  Created by: Chrys23 on Jul 14, 2011 06:51PM

  Latest post: Jul 1, 2014 07:26PM by BIOT

• Cold Caps

  1 Posts 82 Views

  Created by: deelightful on Mar 4, 2014 08:10PM

  Latest post: Mar 4, 2014 08:10PM by deelightful

• What products do you use to care for your hair?

  1 Posts 95 Views

  Created by: deelightful on Mar 4, 2014 08:05PM

  Latest post: Mar 4, 2014 08:05PM by deelightful

• Does the texture of your hair change after chemo?

  1 Posts 119 Views

  Created by: Cbray1210 on Jan 22, 2014 09:17AM

  Latest post: Jan 22, 2014 09:17AM by Cbray1210

• Faces Of Breast Cancer

  2 Posts 122 Views

  Created by: Alli_FLA on Dec 20, 2013 04:55PM

  Latest post: Jan 19, 2014 09:17PM by SchoolCounselor

• Regrow hair products

  2 Posts 134 Views

  Created by: deelightful on Dec 7, 2013 12:56PM

  Latest post: Jan 19, 2014 08:57PM by SchoolCounselor

• foundation for African American women with breast cancer

  2 Posts 130 Views

  Created by: Rainess13171 on Sep 12, 2012 11:26AM

  Latest post: Jan 16, 2014 08:32PM by Hanna2

• Has anyone tried the cold cap?

  3 Posts 86 Views

  Created by: deelightful on Dec 8, 2013 07:52PM

  Latest post: Dec 8, 2013 08:35PM by deelightful

• Breast cancer: Who's most at risk?

  1 Posts 81 Views

  Created by: cp418 on Sep 28, 2013 12:36PM

  Latest post: Sep 28, 2013 12:36PM by cp418

• Reconstruction

  10 Posts 200 Views

  Created by: mgdsmc on Oct 5, 2012 10:53PM

  Latest post: Jul 13, 2013 07:13PM by msphil

• Did you go "natural" with your hair during treatment?

  14 Posts 345 Views

  Created by: curveball on Jul 18, 2012 05:01PM

  Latest post: Jun 9, 2013 01:59PM by Dolores