The study will collect the data of 100,000 Black women ages 25 to 55 over a period of 30 years.
Jacque Berry and her daughter, Breanna Berry, are Black women who say they have been surrounded by cancer all their lives.
Breana Berry, 30, and Jacque Berry, 53, are participants in VOICES of Black Women, a research study launched by the American Cancer Society.Now, the mother and daughter, who both live in Atlanta, are part of the effort to help save the lives of Black women and future generations."I want to know why this is happening," Breanna Berry said of her motivation to join the study, which is currently accepting participants.ABC News Medical Correspondent Dr.
Patel said current cancer data shows the need for the study. According to data from the ACS, Black women are more likely than other women to die of cancer regardless of the stage of cancer when diagnosed, and before the age of 50, Black women are twice as likely to die of a breast cancer diagnosis than white women.
Breana Berry, 30, and Jacque Berry, 53, are participants in VOICES of Black Women, a research study launched by the American Cancer Society.Last year, a study released in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that Black women had the same risk of dying from breast cancer if they were screened starting at age 42 as the general population had with screenings starting at the recommended age of 50.
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