Researchers are launching a landmark study to find answers to the racial gap for Black women.
Even with all the progress in cancer research and newly developed treatments in the past few decades, the American Cancer Society says Black women continue to have the highest death rate of any racial or ethnic group in the U.S. for most cancers.Now, researchers are launching a landmark study to find answers to the racial gap for Black women.
"About an hour investment every year is what we're asking for from our participants,” Dr. Lauren McCullough, visiting scientific director and VOICES study lead researcher with the American Cancer Society told Scripps News. By recruiting many participants, the researchers will be able to look at more specifics in the Black U.S. female population.Women should start getting regular mammograms at age 40, US panel says AP via Scripps News 9:14 AM, Apr 30, 2024 “Black women are not a monolith. There are a number of cultural, regional, and religious characteristics that intertwine to affect how they interact with the world. Their social environment, their behaviors, and ultimately their health outcomes.
Doctors often diagnose breast cancer at later and more aggressive stages in Black women than in White women, and Black women are more likely than any other women to die from cervical cancer, according to the CDC.“This study does not involve going to the doctor and having tests done specific to the study. It doesn't have any sort of medications or other interventions that we may ask you to do,” said Dr. Alpa Patel, VOICES study lead researcher with the American Cancer Society.
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