Campaign launched to raise funds for triple-negative breast cancer research – Montreal [Video]

As a comedian, it’s easy for Dorothy Rhau to see the funny side of anything, no matter how serious the project.

“Because I’m funny,” she laughed while speaking to Global News about her latest project — a cheeky online breast cancer fundraising campaign called Téton Ben Drôle, featuring cartoon-type drawings of breasts, some with mastectomy scars, many sporting smiley faces.

“Happy boobs, yeah, why not,” Rhau translated, grinning. “Happy boobs.”

The former standup comedian launched the project for more sobering reasons, though. Her mother, Anéla Moïse, died seven years ago of triple-negative breast cancer, a subtype of the disease that typically grows and spreads rapidly. In exploring existing breast cancer campaigns after her mother’s death, Rhau realized that there weren’t many campaigns that targeted Black and other racialized women.

Her campaign is meant to address this.

According to health experts, triple-negative breast cancer disproportionately affects young, Black women, is difficult to treat and patients are less likely to survive. Why more …