With a disproportionate cancer burden carried by many communities of color, researchers and physicians strive to overcome the obstacles to participation in cancer-research studies

Bernyce Edwards was not about to take her daughter"s sudden death from breast cancer at age 42 lying down. "It's about as low as a person can get, to lose a child," said Edwards, a retired cashier from Bellingham, Wash., who was anguished by her child"s 68-day journey from diagnosis to death.

"I was so angry, but out of that came the determination to do what I could to help find a solution," she said.

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	From the Director
	Cancer knows no boundaries
	On their own terms
	Age: the greatest carcinogen
	Walking for life
	Creepy crawlies at the Lab Crawl
	Credits
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