Breast Cancer Awareness Woes

As you all probably know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness (BCA) month. THE month to celebrate boobs!

As we near the end of BCA month, many news organizations are now reporting on new findings about a racial gap in breast cancer cases. Some boobs are reportedly at a higher risk for fatal breast cancer than ever before.

Thanks to so much attention surrounding breast cancer and the efforts of charitable research organizations like Susan G. Komen, great strides have been made against breast cancer. But sadly, new research indicates that African American women have been somewhat left behind. Incidences of fatal breast cancer in African American women are on the rise, in spite of positive medical advances in recent years.

Researchers don't yet know how to account for the increase in diagnoses of breast cancer in African American women, but some ideas have been tossed around. One idea is that there may be a correlation between fatal breast cancer and obesity, and statistically there are more African American women suffering from obesity. More research needs to be conducted before anyone can report any firm conclusions.

To find out more, check out some of these fascinating articles and resources:

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