10/29/2021

NABJ Special Report: Breast Cancer Awareness Series

Black women still face an uphill battle against breast cancer. For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, NABJ presents a look at how Black women are being affected […]
10/29/2021

A Reflection: The Kindred Spirit I Never Got to Know

By ALLISON JOYNER She loved watching baseball games (just like me). She used to be a cashier (just like me). She even had a bubbly personality […]
10/27/2021

Chemically Altered Hairstyles Altering Breast Cancer Outcomes for Black Women

By LEONA DUNN Could Black women dying their hair lead to increased rates of breast cancer? A recently released study found that may be the case […]
10/27/2021

Sisters Network Hosts National Town Hall on The Breast Cancer Crisis Black Women Are Facing

Karen Eubanks Jackson Sisters Network, Inc., a national African American breast cancer survivorship organization and one of the Black community’s leading voices in the battle against […]
10/27/2021

Looking at How Breast Cancer Impacts Lives of Black Women

By AMBER HUDSON  October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and according to the Breast Cancer Prevention Partners and the Susan G Komen Foundation, Black women have […]
10/27/2021

One Woman’s Mission to Educate Black Women About Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer

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 the […]
10/27/2021

Honoring Black Women Celebrities Who Succumbed to Breast Cancer

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 more […]
10/27/2021

Expert: Mortality Rates for Breast Cancer Improving But Still Grim for Black Women

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 second […]
10/27/2021

Aggressive Triple Negative Breast Cancer Kills More Black Women Than Women of Other Ethnicities

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 those […]