AL HJR79

Declares March 3, 2022, as Triple Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Day in Alabama and the entire month of March 2022 as Triple Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Notes that Triple Negative Breast Cancer accounts for 15-30 percent of all invasive breast cancer cases and affects over 53,700 women annually in the United States, with highest prevalence among younger women, Black and Hispanic women, and those with type 2 diabetes or BRCA1 mutations.

Identifies Triple Negative Breast Cancer as more aggressive than other breast cancers with less than 30 percent five-year survival rate for metastatic cases and limited treatment options due to lack of three key receptors that targeted medicines address.

Highlights significant health disparities showing Black women are 48 percent less likely to receive guideline-adherent care and have two-fold higher mortality rates compared to non-Hispanic women, with higher disease-specific mortality for patients on Medicaid/Medicare or with lower socioeconomic status.

Promotes education and awareness to address disease-related disparities and tackle inequities in healthcare access to screening, diagnostic testing, and care to improve early detection and survival.