Category Archives: About PMABC

REVISE: This book is intended for all women of color. Educated or uneducated. Rich or poor, in Africa or any other part of the world. It is also intended for any woman of color who has been diagnosed with any breast lesion or have a personal or family history of breast cancer and is seekingContinue reading “Book Announcement”

Women with African ancestry present as a group of people with higher rate of aggressive breast cancers but have a disadvantaged socio-economic status which limits their access to even the available care. Both of these factors predispose them to having poor outcomes for breast cancer. The study of TNBC among women facing an elevated riskContinue reading “Our Research”

REVISE: The Jiagge Lab and the Precision Medicine for African Breast Cancer (PMABC) aim to improve patient outcomes by identifying biomarkers for screening and treatment in women with African ancestry with breast cancer and to increase knowledge and access to screening methods in the African American community. Specifically, our research objective is to study theContinue reading “Mission Statement”