Cancer is a complex, often terrifying diagnosis for any patient. But when this diagnosis is compounded by poverty, structurally racist systems, and lack of access to transportation and affordable healthcare, the diagnosis is steeped in other fears. Chief among them is...
In a city boasting some of the world’s best medical care, Boston’s Black women succumb to breast cancer at alarming rates compared to other racial groups. The revelatory data — highlighted in a 2014 study published in Cancer Epidemiology — ranked Boston fifth in...