The BCAN-RAY (Breast Cancer Risk Assessment in Young Women) was established in the singer’s honor a year ago, following her death from the cancer in 2021 at the age of 39.
While undergoing treatment, the celebrity expressed her desire for deeper research into why young women are being diagnosed with the disease despite having no family history of it.
One of the singer’s ultimate aspirations was to discover ways to detect the condition early, when it is simpler to treat.
The BCAN-RAY is one of the few projects in the world attempting to identify which women in their 30s are most at danger.
Breast Cancer Now reports that in the United Kingdom, approximately 2,300 women under the age of 40 are diagnosed with the cancer each year.
