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TV alert: The incidence of breast cancer is about 1 in 11 among African-American women, compared to roughly 1 in 9 for white American women. But the mortality rate for black women is 20 percent greater. One reason is that African-American women are more often at an advanced stage of the disease when it is detected.
A Black Entertainment Television (BET) special, “To My Sisters . . . A Gift for Life” (10 a.m. Sunday on BET) plans to address the issue. Funded by the National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society, the show will cover detection techniques and cultural myths about breast cancer.
