Why Are Black Women Less Likely To Stick With A Breast Cancer Follow-Up Treatment?

When she was in graduate school for public health, Niasha Fray found a job she loved: counseling women with breast cancer about sticking to their treatment.

She offered what’s called “motivational interviewing,” a type of therapy intended to help women overcome obstacles keeping them from taking their medications — which can have unpleasant side effects

“They had just given up so much of their lives, so much of their bodies, so much of their family,” Fray says. “They wanted to get back to life as usual.”