October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Use Your Voice to Impact Change in the Black Community | PR Newswire [Video]

American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network volunteers Danyelle Musselman and Flecia R. Brown discuss how getting involved in research and advocacy can reduce cancer disparities for future generations

, /PRNewswire/ — The American Cancer Society‘s recently released 2024 Breast Cancer Facts and Figures report finds breast cancer mortality rates overall have dropped by 44% since 1989, averting approximately 517,900 breast cancer deaths. However, Black women are less likely to survive their breast cancer regardless of stage at diagnosis.In addition, cancer research and other discoveries have contributed to a 33 percent age adjusted reduction in cancer mortality rates since rates peaked in 1991. But despite these significant strides, Black women continue to have the highest death rate and the shortest survival of any racial or ethnic group in the U.S. for most cancers. To address these issues, many in the Black community have partnered with organizations and healthcare systems to use …