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Breast cancer is a scary thought, and it seems to be scaring black women the most. Recent studies have shown that black women are morel likely to refuse treatment for breast cancer!!!!!!!!!! Alarming right!!!! We have to bring awareness of this issue, because we have a right to protect each other.


Here is an excerpt from the article:

"We found in this study on locally advanced breast cancer, mainly done in black women, that almost a quarter of the patients [refused] chemotherapy and radiation therapy that are the standard of care for stage 3 breast cancer," said lead researcher Dr. Monica Rizzo, an assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. "Why these women balk at treatment is unclear, Rizzo said. "We looked at martial status, as well as religious background, of those women and, unfortunately, we were not able to find any clear identifier," she said.

To read more go to:

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/hscout/2009/05/22/hscout627351.html

Let's not leave each other behind. Remember do your monthly checks and take a friend when you go to your mammograms, we can't let this beat us. We have to save Second Base LOL (love those shirts)

Love,

Noel Anderson