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Cancer Society Launches Study of Black Women

What: The American Cancer Society launched a study that aims to identify why Black women are at a higher risk of getting and dying from certain cancers. The organization wants to enroll 100,000 Black women, ages 25-55, who would then be followed for 30 years.

Why it matters: As one woman interviewed in the story put it – “Johnes recalled being the only Black woman in the room for most of her treatment. Her experience led her to become an advocate for women of color receiving cancer diagnoses. ‘For me it looked different,’ she said. ‘I was young, I was Black.’”

Source: WRAL

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