Being diagnosed with cancer can be a journey with a life-changing impact. You’re too strong to navigate it alone.
Our community is here to help.
As the second leading cause of death in the U.S., cancer can be quite scary. Its impact is greater for our community compared to other racial/ ethnic groups. A cancer diagnosis doesn’t have to stop you from living your life. Finding support groups, like our cancer circle, can help you find the strength to overcome the emotional and physical impact of cancer.
When it comes to our health, these eight affect our community the most:
Like most things involving the brain, brain cancer is complex. It can cause symptoms that make you think differently or impact how you move.
Black women tend to have more aggressive forms of breast cancer. Protect your sacred curves with early and regular detection.
It might be hard to find strength when even Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) died from this cancer. But with early detection and treatment, it can be less deadly.
Smoking is a factor, but it’s not the only one. You can still develop lung cancer without ever smoking.
Lymphoma is a group of blood cancers that affect your immune system. While not as common for Black people, it is one cancer whose survival rates have improved over the years.
Another form of blood cancer, multiple myeloma is twice as common and deadly in Black people than in white people.
We know you might be nervous to get tested for prostate cancer. It’s important you understand your prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and family history to understand your risk.
Ovarian cancer doesn’t have to be a “silent killer” when you know which symptoms to look out for.
When we are not included in clinical research, we can’t be sure if a treatment will work just as well or be just as safe for us as it will for other races.
By participating in clinical research, we can give ourselves a chance to have treatments that may work better and be safer for us.
Learning more about clinical research can be a critical step in improving health outcomes for future generations.
If you still have questions, you are not alone.
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