*#ihatecancer…and I know you do too! I seriously doubt if there is a person among us who isn’t, hasn’t or won’t know someone, lose someone or be someone affected by this terrible, terrible dis-ease. But the more we know about it, the better we can fight it, right?
According to new statistics, a study now determines that Breast cancer in Black women may stem from an escalated number of abortions. Two decades ago these women were behind Caucasian women in their likelihood of being diagnosed with cancer, today the numbers are reversed, with Black women leading at a percentage of 70%.
Last year, a study by Public Health England and Cancer Research UK also revealed that Black Women were more likely to develop cancer in its late stages positing that study findings showed 22 percent of black Caribbean females and 25 percent of black African women had 3rd and 4th stage breast cancer. This is comparison to 13-percent of British white women.
Cancer is said to be the leading cause of death in the U. S. today for people between the ages of 45-64. Yet we all know that many people much younger have been stricken with the disease; which is said to cause normal body cells to multiply rapidly, many times invading nearby organs.
According to a Sandrarose.com article, Brent Rooney, a researcher, claims breast cancer’s rise in black women coincides with the rising rate of abortions since the 1970’s.
Last year, a study by Public Health England and Cancer Research UK also revealed that Black Women were more likely to develop cancer in its late stages positing that study findings showed 22 percent of black Caribbean females and 25 percent of black African women had 3rd and 4th stage breast cancer. This is comparison to 13-percent of British white women.
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