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While we have made great strides in improving cancer outcomes among many populations over the last several decades, one group remains consistently, inequitably left behind: Black women in America.
The Lurie Cancer Center Hispanic Breast Cancer Clinic and support groups, including Sisters Working It Out, offer patients of color health care access, community and hope.
While Black women are less likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer, they are more likely to die from breast cancer than white women.
These six Black women led-organizations doing the work to spread breast cancer awareness, aid patients and support survivors.