Race, Class, Occupation & Genes
Race, Power, and Inequities
Breast cancer incidence is not distributed equally among different ethnic or racial communities or groups, due to a number of...
We Can Do Better. We Will Do Better.
Last week, BCPP stood in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and paused to make space for Black voices....
BCPP Stands with Black Lives Matter
Today and every day, we at BCPP stand in solidarity against racism. The black community faces the highest risk of...
Behind the Science: Ep. 3 Equity, stress, and firefighters
We spoke with BCPP Science Advisory Panel Member Rachel Morello-Frosch, Ph.D. Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley School of Public...
African American Women and Breast Cancer
African American women face both disproportionate exposure to breast carcinogens and the highest risk of serious health impacts from the...
Firefighters and Breast Cancer
Firefighters have raised concerns about breast cancer risk among women in the fire service. Research indicates elevated risk of cancer...
Working Women and Breast Cancer Report
No one should face a breast cancer diagnosis because of their job. Unfortunately, workers across a wide range of sectors,...
Genetics
Cancer cells behave differently than normal, healthy cells and tissues. For a long time, cancer was thought to occur because...
Breast Cancer Statistics
In the United States, breast cancer has the highest mortality rate of any cancer in women between the ages of...