The Marquee Conference on Racial Disparities and Cancer.

A Black woman who gets cancer in America has a 39% higher chance of dying than a white woman. Black men with prostate cancer are almost twice as likely to die from the illness as white men with the same disease.

So what can we do? The data over the last 30 years is clear: Awareness and education are what moves the needle.

That’s why we are hosting Close The Gap, a virtual conference produced by SurvivorNet, in collaboration with Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health. This event will help to educate, share new ideas, and design a future for cancer care that values diversity, equity, and inclusion.