Fear, lack of insurance could be keeping Memphis-area women from mammograms
Fellow breast cancer survivors Barbara Gaston (left) Dana Sloan and Kari Daniel embrace before the start of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on Oct. 27, 2018. A recent study has shown that though white women are diagnosed with breast cancer more often, black women in the Memphis area are dying at a much higher rate. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
Breast cancer consortium to probe why more women in the Memphis metro are not getting annual mammograms, and reasons behind the wide mortality gap between white and black women.
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Baptist Memorial Health Care cancer Memphis Breast Cancer Consortium Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Susan G. KomenMichelle Corbet
Michelle Corbet covers business for The Daily Memphian. Prior to, she was a reporter at the Memphis Business Journal. A native Memphian and University of Memphis graduate, Michelle covered business in Conway, Arkansas after college. Michelle got her start covering business as an intern at The Commercial Appeal.
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