Breast: Breast Cancer and Women

breast: Onye Nnorom University of Toronto Mon., Feb. 27, 2017 Black women tend to get more aggressive forms of breast cancer than white women, according to international research and the disease tends to strike at a younger age, according to Toronto Star. As a result, black women like me are more likely to suffer serious consequences, including higher death rates from breast cancer. The Hamilton Spectator File Photo By Dr. It's a double whammy. This kind of breast cancer makes up 22 to 30 per cent of cases among black women and it's harder to treat and more likely to come back again. Early detection for breast cancer is key, but in Canada, immigrants are less likely to be up to date on cancer screening than people born in Canada and more than half of black Canadians are immigrants.I do quite a bit of breast cancer education in black communities because research in the United States has shown that black women are more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer, which is highly aggressive. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.