October 27, 2021

By AMBER HUDSON To honor Black women celebrities who died from breast cancer, here are short biographies of their lives. Black women are 40 percent

By SAUNDRA YOUNG The statistics paint a grim picture. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Black women and has a mortality rate

www.nationalbreastcancer.org By SAUNDRA YOUNG Triple negative breast cancer is an aggressive type of cancer more prevalent in Black women under the age of 40 or

By CRYSTAL KENDRICK/Survivor Stories In 2008, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Fortunately, the disease was discovered in the early stages. She worked in

By KENYA WHITFIELD I was a 20-year-old college student going to the obstetrician/gynecologist (OBGYN) for the first time for an annual check up. I found

By LEONA DUNN The pandemic has not only disrupted normal processes for raising funds for breast cancer research, but in the scientific world it has

By MELANIE EVERSLEY Researcher heads first-ever study of tumor tissue from Africans and Black Americans, hopes for new prevention methods A petite and affable physician

By BRANSON WRIGHT By BRANSON WRIGHTRead MoreFeedzy By BRANSON WRIGHT

By AMBER HUDSON AND JUAN DIASGRANADOS Breast cancer in men is rare, but it can happen. About one out of every 100 breast cancer diagnoses