Karen Eubanks Jackson never set out to make history. She set out to survive. But in surviving, she created something far greater: a movement that has redefined what breast cancer advocacy looks like for Black women in America.
This June, in a moment decades in the making, Jackson will stand before thousands of oncology professionals from around the world at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago to accept the 2025 ASCO Patient Advocate Award. She will be the first Black woman ever to receive this honor.
It’s a milestone that reflects not only Jackson’s courage as a four-time breast cancer survivor but also the transformative impact of the organization she founded—Sisters Network® Inc., the nation’s first and only national African-American breast cancer survivorship organization…
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