This year’s theme for Black History Month was “African Americans and the Arts.”
Let’s inspire our friends and family to raise our voices to eliminate health disparities and strengthen our vibrant community.
Let’s raise our voices to eliminate health disparities.
Liver cancer rates are rising in the Black community while declining in other ethnic communities.
Let us all do our part to increase awareness and liver cancer prevention in our community.
LOVE YOUR LIVER LIVE
Black History Month Community Events
Thursday, February 22, 2024
7:00pm ET (6:00pm CT/4:00pm PT)
Dr. Miriam Atkins, Medical Oncologist
AO Multispecialty Clinic
Thursday, February 29, 2024
7:00pm CT (8:00pm ET/5:00pm PT)
Dr. Gia Landry, Transplant Hepatologist
Ochsner Baton Rouge
African Americans are
1.5x more likely
to get liver cancer and
incidence rates are on the rise
African Americans are
~2x more likely
to develop type 2 diabetes
African Americans are
2x more likely
to die from Hepatitis C and
can develop HCC at
earlier stages of liver disease
African Americans have
the highest
mortality rates of any ethnic group and are less likely to be diagnosed with early stage liver cancer
