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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Implement a programme of early breast cancer screening programme for Black Women starting at age 30 years of age. The current screening policy should be assessed for race equality impact using current research data available with the view to a major policy change. More details
Submitted by Elaine Nembhard – Deadline to sign up by: 25 April 2009 – Signatures: 350
More details from petition creator
According to a recent Study published online in the British Journal of Cancer, 'Black women are likely to develop breast cancer 20 years earlier than white women. This is the first UK study of its kind because healthcare services have not been recording ethnicity data in this particular field until recently. The research findings indicate that on average, Black Women had breast cancer diagnosed at 46 but for white patients its at age 67. The study was carried out at Homerton University Hospital in Hackney, East London, between 1994 and 2005. 'Researchers, based at the Institute of Cancer, Cancer Research UK’s clinical centre at Barts and the London School of Medicine, also found that survival was poorer among black women with smaller tumours. In addition, their early findings suggest that tumours in the younger black patients were more likely to be aggressive, and a higher proportion of tumours were basal-like – meaning that they were less likely to respond to newer types of targeted breast cancer treatments such as Herceptin.' Reported by David Rose in the Times on 17th January 2008.
Current signatories
Elaine Nembhard, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Nadine Linton
- Jackie Mcewen
- beverley robinson
- Fola aiyeola
- Michael Nembard
- Ms Ann Augustine
- Ms E Rolle
- Ransford Hamilton
- RONICA AKINS
- Martin Mcfarlane
- Donna Ukachi-Lois
- Ingrid Frederick
- Lorna Buchanan
- Monica Forrester
- Samantha Woodburn
- Elaine Bowes
- Suzanne Linton
- Christine Jordan
- sarina john
- sally grubb
- patricia.lewis
- Marcia Whilby
- Jean Regis
- Sybil Sutherland
- Rianna Nembhard Hamilton
- Sherine Howard
- Marcia Phillip
- Winston Henry
- Alisha Fuller-Armah
- Sheree Mack
- Emma Bedford
- Alan Matthews
- AM. Roche
- Shirley Clarke
- jayne hanson
- carmella howell
- Claudine Lashley
- Rita Pascall
- Myrna Swaby
- Hyacinth Channer
- Michelle Gittens
- Noreen VBincent
- marian
- Nette M Williams Halkett
- Barbara Thompson
- Jacqueline Carter
- Allyson Roper
- Arlene Duffus
- ANITA JOSEPH
- Jackie Pearson
- Christine Adjei-Bempah
- M Williams
- Leonie Latham
- jacqueline Vieira
- Jennifer Channer
- Judy Kelman
- Y McAnuff
- Sonia Edwards
- Angella Nelson
- Patricia Fraser
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- Patricia Emmanuel
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