CHICAGO (WLS) -- October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. a Chicago nonprofit is making sure access to lifesaving screenings is not limited by income or zip code.

Equal Hope is working to close the city's breast cancer mortality gap.

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Breast cancer par Tracy Kincaid is a singer, actress and a survivor.

"The first one was invasive ductile carcinoma in 2009," Kincaid said. "Then I was diagnosed with a totally different cancer in 2023. 2025, I was diagnosed with metastatic stage 4 breast cancer."

According to the American Cancer Society, about one in eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in their lifetimes. Those chances increase if you have less access to resources.

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