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The Rappahannock unit of the American Cancer Society in cooperation with local churchs will sponsor a program aimed at black women and teenagers 12 and older on Thursday, October 30, at Promised Land Baptist Church in Washington.
This special presentation on breast self-examination is designed to help women maintain good health as they grow older. Social hour in the dining room of the church will follow the question and answer portion of the 8 p.m. program.
According to the American Cancer Society, dangers of cancer have increased for black Americans. Figures from the National Center for Health Statistics show that the cancer incidence rate is higher for blacks than for whites. In the past 25 years, the overall cancer incidence rate for blacks went up eight per cent while for whites it dropped three per cent. During this period, cancer mortality for blacks increased 26 per cent; for whites it rose five per cent.
A comparison of the survival of patients diagnosed between 1967 and 1973 demonstrates that more whites than blacks had cancer diagnosed in an early, localized stage when the chance for cure is best.
The October 30th program at Promised Land Church is designed to teach black women techniques for breast self-examination. It can be a life-saving lesson since most breast tumors are discovered this way.
The lesson is particularly important for black women. Breast cancer in black women has increased by 25 per cent in the last 25 years, bringing the death rate for breast cancer in black American women up one and one-third times higher than 40 years ago.
This year, more than 3,000 bl^tck American women will die^f breast cancer—a death rate of 22 per 100,000 which is about the same for white American women. Among
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