Why are Black women are less likely to survive endometrial cancer? It’s a deep-seated inequality, and Dr Kemi Doll has been treating patients and studying it for years. She explains what endometrial cancer is, why this lethal disparity exists, and why she thinks Black women are the ‘canary in the coal mine’ in women’s health.

More about Dr Kemi Doll - https://www.uwmedicine.org/bios/kemi-doll

More about endometrial cancer - https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/endometrial-cancer/about/what-is-endometrial-cancer.html

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The lethal disparity in endometrial cancer for Black women, with Dr Kemi Doll

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The lethal disparity in endometrial cancer for Black women, with Dr Kemi Doll