DETROIT – Cancer can impact absolutely anyone, yet it doesn’t affect everyone who gets it equally.
Black women are 40% more likely to die of breast cancer and under the age of 50, Black women are two times more likely to die of breast cancer than white women.
Why is that? The largest most comprehensive long-term study of its kind aims to answer these questions and many others. The American Cancer Society has begun a 30-year study to track and inform cancer treatment. The mammoth undertaking is looking for 100,000 Black women to participate.
The Voices of Black Women is mammoth in size, in scope and also in terms of how it can close disparity gaps when it comes to cancer and Black women.
When the American Cancer Society reaches its mark of 100,000 women, the deadline closes. In its first week, 1,000 women have already signed up. Data is already being collected and analyzed, but the strength of a study is in the numbers, so the sooner 100,000 women sign up, the sooner we’ll start seeing serious data patterns and information that could inform researchers and physicians.
More information -- including how to get involved -- can be found on the American Cancer Society website.