Breast Cancer: The Black Disadvantage

The five-year survival rate for breast cancer patients in the United States exceeds 85 percent, in Nigeria it is a dismal 10 percent;

As of 2014, Black women are 43% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women.

If a woman has successfully gone through cancer treatment and is in remission…she should not attempt to get pregnant again, because that increases the likelihood of the cancer returning….with a vengeance.

Black Women and Breast Cancer:
The Harsh Realities

Black women have a 1 in 9 chance of developing breast cancer; for white women the odds are 1 in 8, according to the American Cancer Society. But black women are more likely to die from the disease: White women's probability of dying from breast cancer is 1 in 37, while black women's is 1 in 31.

Breast Cancer in Blacks

•Diagnosed earlier 

•More aggressive 

•Harder to treat

•Die at an earlier age/more quickly 

•Greater relapse rates (especially when they get pregnant)

Dr. David Ajibade

Executive Director, Brain and Body Foundation

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