Black women have historically accounted for the least amount of data in many genetic and medical studies. Though the tide has turned today with the knowledge that Black women with certain gene mutations have a higher risk of certain breast cancers, those women are not the only women of our race affected by unequal distribution of cancer risks.
All – not just some – of Black women are at increased risk of breast cancer due to environmental and social factors, and for many other reasons that are beyond our control.
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ALL Black Women Need Genetic Breast Cancer Testing, Here’s Why
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Black women have historically accounted for the least amount of data in many genetic and medical studies. Though the tide has turned today with the knowledge that Black women with certain gene mutations have a higher risk of certain breast cancers, those women are not the only women of our race affected by unequal distribution of cancer risks.
All – not just some – of Black women are at increased risk of breast cancer due to environmental and social factors, and for many other reasons that are beyond our control.
We are uniquely predisposed to increased cancer risk.
Many Black people are victims of environmental racism, which increases our cancer risk and complications of other illnesses. Air and water pollution causing businesses such as those in the 85-mile-long petrochemical factory corridor nicknamed “Cancer Alley” not only contaminate the land but also the numerous poor Black communities within the Louisiana parishes.
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