A lawmaker proposed a bill that would ban DEI in medical schools. Doctors say it could roll back progress toward improving Black maternal health.

REDEFINING THE CROWN

Chemotherapy-induced hair loss is a devastating event. However, it may hold particular relevance for Black women for whom hair holds incredible historical, political, and sociocultural significance. Black women are also more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer subtypes necessitating chemotherapy, carrying a 40% increased risk of dying from breast cancer.
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Black women experience disproportionate breast cancer-related mortality, with similar overall incidence to White women. Approaches to address these racial health disparities should be multifaceted. Universal genetic counseling and testing for Black women could represent one dimension of a comprehensive approach in guiding early identification of those women more likely to experience higher breast cancer-related mortality.