ByTimothy Walton 
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 3:04PM
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The American Cancer Society hopes to improve health care with its Voices of Black Women study. The goal is to follow 100,000 black women between the ages of 25-55 for 30 years.
The Voices of Black Women initiative incorporates factors beyond genetics in women’s health with a goal of better understanding health for all. The study is focused on black women, but the information derived will be used across all health care.
Privacy is a pillar of the study. Each woman who participates is identified with a number to avoid any personal data being released. The hope is to create a study that produces uncompromised data.
The women involved believe it is an important step in impacting health care for black women, who have been higher rates of disease in many disease categories.
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