good morning, i m your host dr. brenda wade. the national cancer institute estimates that nearly 27,000 african-american women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. why is this number so high and what, most importantly, can you do to prevent this illness? we have to provide treatment for women with breast cancer. and here to tell us about a special free breast cancer and health conference, taking place may 4th is miss pamela ratliff. she joins us from the community partnership program at the stanford cancer institute. good morning. welcome back. good morning. thank you. it s so good to have you back, pamela. thank you. i know how much heart and soul you put into this conference every year. tell us why you do what you do with this conference? well, it s important for me having had a mother who had breast cancer. uh-huh. several family members and knowing people in the community who really needed to have some sort of resource, information that was cultu