African Americans and Breast Cancer
The Phoenix Metropolitan area population is approximately three percent African American/African descendant, or 300,000 out of four million people. Nationally, one in eight women, as well as a minority of men, will be affected by breast cancer. Within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, the percentage of women diagnosed with early stages of disease is lower than Caucasian women. Importantly, the percentage of female breast cancer cases diagnosed as Stage IV (metastatic) is twice as high as other ethnic groups (8 versus 4%). Nationally, the survival for breast cancer in African American women lags behind other ethnic group.
Resources Available To Help Navigate Your Breast Cancer Journey
National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund
Buddy Ride Program Grant Application Dr. Susan Love’s Website
National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
Navigating Your Breast Cancer Journey
Navegando su Camino por cancer de mama Informacion Recursos
CURE Magazine’s 2014 Cancer Guide
Harvard Medical School Health Publications