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.
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. |
