June 29th 2023.
The Black Breast Cancer Alliance has been awarded the inaugural "Toward Health Equity for Black People Impacted by Triple Negative Breast Cancer Resource Hub" grant from Gilead Sciences for their Black TNBC Matters project. This grant is a big step in decreasing the over 40 percent mortality rate of Black breast cancer patients, as well as the lowest 5-year survival rate of any race or ethnicity.
The Black TNBC Matters team will build a culturally specific, bilingual, scientifically vetted, search engine optimized - and mobile-optimized, web-based home for Black people impacted by triple-negative breast cancer and their families. This project is in line with the data that shows Black people are diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer at nearly three times the rate of their white counterparts.
Ricki Fairley, CEO of TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance, said, "Black TNBC Matters will start—and be grounded throughout the process—in community. The first thing that someone newly diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer does after they leave their doctor’s office is to search ‘triple-negative breast cancer’ online. Usually sitting in their car on their cell phone. As is, the results are scary and confusing. If you add ‘Black’ into that search, it only gets worse. We want our resource hub to be a light in all that darkness. All Black people impacted by TNBC deserve to find community and hope from that very first search."
This project is a collaboration between the Black Breast Cancer Alliance, the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation, the American Association for Cancer Research, and Nueva Vida. This will help the breast cancer community—including patients, survivors, and pharmaceutical companies—work together toward the common goal of eradicating breast cancer in Black people.
The Black Breast Cancer Alliance is taking a crucial step in the fight against triple-negative breast cancer. With the help of this grant, they are hoping to provide a resource hub to empower Black people impacted by TNBC and their families. This project has been an important goal in the effort to reduce the mortality rate of Black breast cancer patients and increase the survival rate of any race or ethnicity.
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