Gynecologic oncologist Dr. Kemi Doll on why endometrial cancer is lethal for Black women.
Gynecologic oncologist Dr. Kemi Doll explains how clinical guidelines built without Black women in mind, and decades of dismissed symptoms means that Black women are twice as likely to die of endometrial cancer. Dr. Doll's newly released book, A Terrible Strength, The Hidden Crisis of the Black Womb and Your Survival Guide to Healing, digs even deeper into the crisis she's spent her career trying to solve.
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This episode was first published in May 2025.
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