Breast cancer now leading cause of cancer death in African American/Black women

A new report by the American Cancer Society indicates that breast cancer has now surpassed lung cancer as the leading cause of cancer death among Black women. The news is one of the key findings in Cancer Statistics for African American/Black People 2022, published this week. “African American women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer early when compared with Caucasian women, and unfortunately have three times the morality rate,” says Sabrina…
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - Category: Research Source Type: news