For certain cancers, like colorectal cancer and breast cancer, Black men and women are more likely to get the disease and more likely to die from it than people in other racial groups. Why? The reasons are complex, but partly because colorectal cancer is less likely to be prevented or detected early by screening, when it’s most treatable. As for breast cancer, although the new cases are virtually the same for white and Black women there is a higher incidence rate for Black women under age 45
Sources: StayWell, National Cancer Institute, and "Health and Racial Disparity in Breast Cancer, " Yedjou CG, Sims JN, Miele L, Noubissi F, Lowe L, Fonseca DD, Alo RA, Payton M, Tchounwou PB. Health and Racial Disparity in Breast Cancer. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2019;1152:31-49. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-20301-6_3. PMID: 31456178; PMCID: PMC6941147.