On January 8, representatives from the Greater New York City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure will join breast cancer survivors, health experts and advocates at the Ryan-NENA Community Health Center to release a revealing report describing gaps in New York's public health policies. These gaps make breast cancer deadlier for women of color, women who are uninsured and those from low-income households. Advocates will call for expanded screening and treatment programs on the eve of Governor Spitzer's State of the State address (see also Breast Cancer).
This event marks the seventeenth stop of the Komen Community Challenge, a 25-city campaign to elevate breast cancer on the national agenda and to draw attention to disparities in breast cancer mortality. Uninsured women are more likely to receive a late-stage breast cancer diagnosis and are 30 to 50 percent more likely to die from the disease than women with insurance. Nationwide, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. In 2007, it is estimated that more than 12,000 women were diagnosed with breast cancer in New York State, and more than 2,500 died from the disease.
Before the press conference members of the media are invited to tour the host facility, the Ryan-NENA Community Health Center, which receives a Komen grant for coordinating breast cancer screening and treatment for uninsured and underinsured low-income women.
WHAT: Press Conference and Tour of Ryan-NENA Community Health Center
WHO: Theresa Racine, breast cancer survivor and Harlem resident
Keywords: Breast Cancer, Breast Carcinoma, Community Health, Oncology, Public Health, Women's Health, Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
This article was prepared by Health & Medicine Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2008, Health & Medicine Week via NewsRx.com.
