Cancer Resources

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Black women.A U.S. woman’s lifetime risk of breast cancer is 1 in 8, African American women have a 40% breast cancer mortality rate – the highest of any U.S. racial or ethnic group. 

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in Black men and women.  Black people have the second-highest incidence of colorectal cancer in the US, following the Alaska Native/American Indian population.

Approximately 1 in 6 Black men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime compared to 1 in 8 White men.  Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in Black men. 

The symptoms of multiple myeloma can vary from person to person. Some people with multiple myeloma have no symptoms at all.  The incidence of myeloma is more than 2 times higher in Black people.

Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynecologic cancer in the United States. Ovarian cancer causes more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system. 

Marginalized racial and ethnic groups, women, and other historically disenfranchised populations are substantially underrepresented in clinical trials, despite increasing concern about this issue among policymakers, patient advocates, and some industry leaders.