Cancer Researchers Begin Large Long-Term Study of Black Women NYT: Science By: Roni Caryn Rabin 7 June 2024 at 05:06 The American Cancer Society hopes to enroll 100,000 women and follow them for three decades to discover whatβs causing higher case and death rates. Β© Travis Dove for The Washington Post, via Getty ImagesParticipants in the study will be surveyed about their behaviors, environmental exposures and life experiences.