Black women should be screened for breast cancer eight years earlier than guidelines recommend, new research suggests. Published in the JAMA Network Open journal on Wednesday, the study explored ...

For years, lung cancer has been the leading cause of cancer deaths in non-Hispanic Black women. That changed in 2019 – it’s now breast cancer.And there are racial disparities when it comes to ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Mia Love, who was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress as a Republican, died Sunday at the age of 49 because of cancer, reports say. Love’s family announced ...

Black women are more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive types of breast cancer, such as triple-negative. Unfortunately, they are also more likely to be diagnosed at later stages, which makes ...

Black women who believed breast cancer could be treated if caught ... Members of the Congressional Black Caucus condemn U.S. president’s address in joint session of Congress as ...

For the most common subtype, HR-positive, HER2-negative, which accounts for 60% to 70% of all breast cancer diagnoses, Black women were 50% more likely to die from the disease than white women.

While Black and white women are diagnosed with breast cancer at similar rates, Black women are 40% more likely to die from the disease—even for the most treatable types.

The study, which looked at data from 2004 to 2021, found that advanced breast cancer rates have risen among women of all ages, with the sharpest increases in young women aged 20 to 39, and women ...

For black women, certain genetic mutations appear more frequently, potentially contributing to more aggressive forms of breast cancer. 1. Learning to recognize suspicious lumps ...