African American Women Targeted During Breast Cancer Awareness Month

From: Washington Informer | Date: October 12, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

Alvin Peabody
Washington Informer
10-12-1994
African American Women Targeted During Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

By Alvin Peabody

In 1994, 182,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States, while another 46,000 are expected to die from the disease.

But there's more. All women are at risk for breast cancer and as they get older, that risk also increases. These statistics were the focus of concern for more than 400 African American women from across the U.S. who convened at the Sheraton Washington Hotel last Saturday to participate in the Fourth Annual Breast Cancer ...

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