After being diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer at 38, Tiah Tomlin realized that young Black women needed more resources and support
She felt particularly stunned about it because she had examined her breasts two weeks earlier and hadn’t felt anything. So Tomlin called her OB-GYN, worried what she had was fast growing. After undergoing a mammogram, an ultrasound and a biopsy, she learned she had “ thinking, ‘Am I going to live? Am I going to survive this,’” she said. “You have these peaks and valleys through your journey.”
That experience encouraged Tomlin to start My Breast Years Ahead. She knew the need for support and education was great. While white and Black women are diagnosed with breast cancer at a similar rate, Black women are more likely to die from it. According to the , breast cancer deaths are 41% higher for Black women compared to white women.
She’s met Black women who didn’t know that they could be enrolled in clinical trials for treatments, for example, or are not offered aggressive treatments. A 2021 study inrevealed that Black women with triple negative breast cancer were more likely to die, in part, because they did not receive surgery and chemotherapy as often as other women. Tomlin found that talking and sharing information can be transformative for many.
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