- cafead Oct 20, 2021 at 06:52: PM
via Maimah Karmo was barely in her thirties when she found a lump in her breast. Her doctor dismissed her as too young and too healthy to have breast cancer. But Karmo knew her body—and she persisted until she was given a biopsy that revealed TNBC.
Black women know they need to advocate for themselves when it comes to many issues, especially health, Karmo says, and that it's often the difference between life and death.
That's why the foundation she leads has joined with other breast cancer charities and Merck & Co. to develop a web docuseries spotlighting the challenges of triple-negative breast cancer, an aggressive form of the disease that disproportionally affects younger Black women.
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Black women know they need to advocate for themselves when it comes to many issues, especially health, Karmo says, and that it's often the difference between life and death.
That's why the foundation she leads has joined with other breast cancer charities and Merck & Co. to develop a web docuseries spotlighting the challenges of triple-negative breast cancer, an aggressive form of the disease that disproportionally affects younger Black women.
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