Political Cartoons View All 1211 Images“Until we get more Black women into clinical trials, we can’t change the science.
Black women are 40% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women and tend to be diagnosed younger.
As recruiting continues, enrolling Black women and other women of color will “absolutely” continue as a priority, Pisano said.
At the U.S. study sites, 21% of study participants are Black women — that's higher than a typical cancer treatment study, in which 9% of participants are Black, McCaskill-Stevens said.
Her sister recently completed treatment for triple negative breast cancer, an aggressive type that affects Black women at higher rates than white women.
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