ICYMI: What you need to know from the largest breast cancer symposium in the world.

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John,
For decades billions of dollars have been poured into breast cancer research. And each December clinicians and researchers from around the world gather at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) to share the latest study results. For more than twenty years, Breast Cancer Action has gone into the belly of the beast, providing our unique, patient-centered and social justice perspective and reporting back to you the latest findings with our independent analysis. ([link removed])

In the year when #BlackLivesMatters came into the mainstream, we were relieved to see disparities and inequities emerge as a core theme throughout the over 1000 abstracts presented. Doctors, researchers, and advocates reckoned with the long overdue acknowledgment that Black women are disproportionately harmed by the breast cancer epidemic.
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In her hard-hitting piece “Disparities and Doctors’ Disconnect ([link removed]) ,” our former Executive Director and Breast Cancer Action’s SABCS Guest Writer Karuna Jaggar covers important research presented on how doctors frequently and dramatically under-recognize symptoms reported by people of color. Karuna pointed to the long legacy of white supremacy resulting in unnecessary suffering when “physicians systematically miss symptoms for historically marginalized and underserved patients." She writes, "It’s yet another harmful and enduring legacy of 250 years of slavery in the U.S. that results in serious health inequity, including inadequate symptom management and pain control.”

Our team provided a deep and comprehensive summary of the latest updates presented in our blogs posted throughout the week. We covered everything from immunotherapy, to screening for Black women, and changes in treatment protocols which will will spare women from chemo. Check out all of our SABCS blogs here and stay tuned for a few more on the way:
* The Hallmarks of Cancer and the Hope of Immunotherapy ([link removed])
* Breast Cancer and SABCS during COVID-19 ([link removed])
* Patient-centered FDA Approvals ([link removed])
* Meditation and More ([link removed])
* Disparities and Doctors’ Disconnect ([link removed])
* Life-and Birth!- after Breast Cancer ([link removed])
* Helping Patients by Doing Less: No Chemo Needed for Even More Breast Cancers ([link removed])
* Why Mammograms Can’t Fix Breast Cancer Disparities ([link removed])
* Patient-centered language and our for-profit healthcare system ([link removed])
* And more! ([link removed] )

Our professional, expert analysis comes to you without industry funding, and it shows. We say things others won’t say and we can provide our critical take free of charge to anyone who needs it across the country. Our patient-centered analysis and Information & Resource services are funded by people like you, who know you can get something from us that you can’t get anywhere else. You can support this independent work and our unique brand of truth-telling with a year-end gift today! ([link removed])

In solidarity,

Jayla Burton
Program Officer

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