Why Black women face disproportionate rates of breast cancer.
"The first step is making sure all providers who see any woman understand the standard of care that they deserve," she said."What's the age that they should? Who should they be sent to? The answer is a specialist where they're treated in a multidisciplinary fashion, not your buddy down the street."
Comen also pointed out that medical professionals don't adequately seek out Black participants for breast cancer research, which limits the quality of their care. In 2019,of clinical trial subjects for oncology drugs that were later approved.
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