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Survivor Stories: Breast Cancer Awareness
Manage episode 386421542 series 2649065
October 27
Basic Black: Black and Brown Women Surviving Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and this week on Basic Black, we bring together survivors and experts to discuss Included in this episode is a piece by host Crystal Haynes getting a follow up mammogram. According to the American Cancer Society, Black women are about 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women. They are often diagnosed with a more aggressive form of the disease and sometimes at a younger age.
Panelists:
Dr. Naomi Ko, Associate Professor, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, AND Medical Oncologist at Boston Medical Center
Nekia Clark, Director of Patient Services and Outreach at the Ellie Fund AND Co-Chair of the Boston Breast Equity Coalition...Nekia is also a breast cancer survivor.
Jani Raynor, Patient living with breast cancer AND a former patient of the Ellie Fund.
Karen Burns White, Deputy Associate Director, Initiative to Eliminate Cancer Disparities, Center for Cancer Equity and Engagement at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.
Crystal Haynes hosts.
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Manage episode 386421542 series 2649065
October 27
Basic Black: Black and Brown Women Surviving Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and this week on Basic Black, we bring together survivors and experts to discuss Included in this episode is a piece by host Crystal Haynes getting a follow up mammogram. According to the American Cancer Society, Black women are about 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women. They are often diagnosed with a more aggressive form of the disease and sometimes at a younger age.
Panelists:
Dr. Naomi Ko, Associate Professor, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, AND Medical Oncologist at Boston Medical Center
Nekia Clark, Director of Patient Services and Outreach at the Ellie Fund AND Co-Chair of the Boston Breast Equity Coalition...Nekia is also a breast cancer survivor.
Jani Raynor, Patient living with breast cancer AND a former patient of the Ellie Fund.
Karen Burns White, Deputy Associate Director, Initiative to Eliminate Cancer Disparities, Center for Cancer Equity and Engagement at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.
Crystal Haynes hosts.
179集单集
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