Black and Brown breast cancer survivors spread message of advocacy: ‘Keep that appointment’

People walk, celebrate and raise breast cancer awareness during the Sista Strut earlier this month at the Salvation Army Kroc Center on the Far South Side. The walk benefited the Sisters Network Chicago Chapter, a breast cancer survivor support group for Black women. (Pat Nabong / Sun-Times)

Alexandria Abraham found a lump in her breast two years ago, when she was 25. She was referred to specialists to get a biopsy but didn’t go because she didn’t have good health insurance.

As the lump grew and her symptoms multiplied, she resigned herself to believing she likely had breast cancer.