Initiative launched in 20 states to understand cancer disparities, health conditions of Black women

FLORIDA – A new initiative launched in 20 states, including Florida and Georgia, aims to gain an understanding of cancer disparities and other health conditions among black women. RELATED: Breast cancer is deadlier for Black women. A study of mammograms could help close the gap Recommended Videos The American Cancer Society said Black women are 60% more likely than white women to die of cervical cancer. It also said breast cancer kills Black women at a 40% higher rate than white women. RELATED: Mammograms should start at 40 to address rising breast cancer rates at younger ages, panel says ACS said Black people have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial or ethnic group. Imagine 100,000 black women from 20 states between the ages 22-55, all documenting their health and lifestyles over the next 30 years to attack cancer head-on. “Endless possibility, that level of granularity of data, we will find the answers,” Dr Lauren McCullogh, Co-Principal Investigator of the ACS said. McCullogh is working to make it happen with the ACS’s new initiative “Voices of Black Women”. She described a lot of work being done to help Black women in the past, but no substantial progress....