WASHINGTON - The Howard University Cancer Center will host the virtual event, “For Our Sisters: A Conversation About Breast Cancer” on Thursday, October 14, from 6-8 p.m. The event will be moderated by veteran TV news anchor Andrea Roane and feature Anita Jenkins, chief executive of Howard University Hospital.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness about the impact of breast cancer. The Howard University panel will include: Kelly Bolden, M.D., a specialist in plastic and reconstructive surgery; Jacquelyn Dunmore Griffith, M.D., radiation oncologist; Sara Horton, M.D., medical oncologist; and Lori Wilson, M.D., a surgical oncologist. To register for the panel discussion, visit the eventbrite page.

“It is predicted that there will be a 1% increase in deaths from breast cancer in the next 10 years due to delays in screening and initiation in treatment during COVID -19. We thought it was important to encourage women to be informed more about breast cancer and to remind people the importance to getting screened and following up on their health care,” said Carla Williams, Ph.D., interim director of the Howard University Cancer Center.  “African-American women are more likely to die from breast cancer than women from any other race or ethnicity. There remains a lot of work to be done.”

The Howard University Cancer Center and Howard University Hospital have long spearheaded programs to meet the needs of women lacking access to care in the metro region.

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About Howard University

Founded in 1867, Howard University is a private, research university that is comprised of 14 schools and colleges. Students pursue more than 140 programs of study leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University operates with a commitment to Excellence in Truth and Service and has produced one Schwarzman Scholar, three Marshall Scholars, four Rhodes Scholars, 12 Truman Scholars, 25 Pickering Fellows and more than 165 Fulbright recipients. Howard also produces more on-campus African American Ph.D. recipients than any other university in the United States. For more information on Howard University, visit www.howard.edu.

About the Howard University Cancer Center

The Howard University Cancer Center has had a long history of serving minorities and underserved populations and addressing disparities. Thus, the mission of HUCC is to reduce the burden of cancer through research, education, and service, with emphasis on the unique ethnic and cultural aspects of minority and underserved populations. The Cancer Center has provided specialized, culturally competent breast cancer screening and treatment for over 25 years. For more information about the Howard University Cancer Center, visit Facebook.

About Howard University Hospital

Over the course of its roughly 155-year history of providing the finest primary, secondary and tertiary health care services, Howard University Hospital (HUH) remains one of the most comprehensive health care facilities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and designated a DC Level 1 Trauma Center. The hospital is the nation's only teaching hospital located on the campus of a historically Black university. For more information, visit huhealthcare.com