COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month as we honor the people we’ve lost to the disease and those who have survived. Black women are 40 percent more likely to die once they ...

Data: CDC; Note: Age-adjusted rates account for differences in population age. Map: Brad Jennings/Axios Breast cancer death ...

The breast cancer death rate has dropped by 43% from 1989 to 2020, but the disease continues to disproportionally affect Black and Brown women. According to the American Cancer Society, Black women ...

Rural Women Face Higher Death Rates For Breast Cancer — And The Gap Is Widening By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Women from rural locales are becoming ...

For the Birmingham Times Breast cancer is often seen as a disease that only affects older women, largely because the median age at the time of breast cancer ...

Over the last month, the Chicago Better Together Breast Cancer Disparities Think Tank has called this community to action, to ...

Racial disparities emerge across the entire breast cancer care continuum, from underlying metabolic health to survival rates ...

How common is breast cancer? Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the U.S. besides skin cancers. It accounts for about 1 in 3 new cancers in women each year. The American Cancer Society ...