Mayo Clinic Minute - Preventing cancer for future generations of Black families

The statistics are staggering. Black people are more likely to die from cancer than other racial and ethnic groups. According to the Centers for Disease and Prevention, African Americans have the highest death rate from cancer overall.

National Black Family Cancer Awareness Week is June 15-21. Dr. Kim Barbel Johnson, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician with the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses ways to reduce cancer risks in the Black community.
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