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Can Childhood Experiences Increase Breast Cancer Risk?
By Heather Sarantis, Environmental Health Consultant to Breast Cancer Action and Guest Writer
I have worked on breast cancer prevention for more than 15 years. Most recently, I co-authored Paths to Prevention: The California Breast Cancer Primary Prevention Plan, a nearly... Read more
SABCS 2020
By Jayla Burton, Program Officer
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... Read more
SABCS 2020: Why Mammograms Can’t Fix Breast Cancer Disparities
By Jayla Burton, Program Officer
The growing attention to breast cancer disparities for Black women has resulted in an increase in marketing campaigns targeting women of color telling us that we must get screened for breast cancer. For many people, at first this sounds like... Read more
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