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Why are Black women still more likely to die from breast cancer?

Healthcare,Cancer,Black People

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Barryne "MzB" Richardson was 37 when she felt a lump and excruciating pain in her right breast. She had an ultrasound, but it came back negative.

Months later, the Atlanta-based private wealth manager learned she was pregnant. At her first prenatal appointment, her obstetrician felt the lump too, and dispatched Richardson for another test. This time, the result was positive: Stage 1 mucinous carcinoma, a rare form of breast cancer.

"If it were not for the emergency of the pregnancy, then I don't know what would have happened," Richardson told Straight Arrow.

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