Sisters4Prevention Breast Cancer Stories and Survival

Racial Inequality in Breast Cancer: Why do Black and Brown Women get 30% more TNBC?

August 29, 2021 Judy Fitzgerald
Sisters4Prevention Breast Cancer Stories and Survival
Racial Inequality in Breast Cancer: Why do Black and Brown Women get 30% more TNBC?
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Show Notes

More research is needed to understand why Black and Brown Women are 30% more likely to develop the most lethal form of Breast Cancer we know as Triple Negative Breast Cancer.  Let's discuss what is known. Racial Inequality in Breast Cancer:  Why do Black and Brown Women get 30% more TNBC?
PubMed Article:
Racial Disparities in Triple Negative Breast Cancer: A Review of the Role of Biologic and Non-biologic Factors an article posted in 2020. Article PMID: 33415093 
Study conducted by: Om Prakash 1, Fokhrul Hossain 1, Denise Danos 1, Adam Lassak 1, Richard Scribner 2, Lucio Miele 1

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