1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Research and Education Act of 2017 . 2. Findings Congress finds as follows: (1) Breast cancer accounts for 1 in 4 cancer diagnoses among women in this country. (2) The survival rate for breast cancer has increased to 90 percent for White women and 78 percent for African-American women. (3) African-American women are more likely to be diagnosed with larger tumors and more advanced stages of breast cancer despite a lower incidence rate. (4) Early detection for breast cancer increases survival rates for breast cancer, as evidenced by a 5-year relative survival rate of 98 percent for breast cancers that are discovered before the cancer spreads beyond the breast, compared to 23 percent for stage IV breast cancers. (5) Triple-negative breast cancer is a term used to describe breast cancers whose cells do not have estrogen receptors and progesterone receptors, and do not have an excess of the HER2 protein on their sources. (6) It is estimated that between 10 and 20 percent of female breast cancer patients are diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer, and studies indicate the prevalence of triple-negative breast cancer is much higher. (7) Triple-negative breast cancer most commonly affects African-American women, followed by Hispanic women. (8) Triple-negative breast cancer is a very aggressive form of cancer which affects women under the age of 50 across all racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. (9) African-American women are 3 times more likely to develop triple-negative breast cancer than White women. (10) Triple-negative breast cancer tends to grow and spread more quickly than most other types of breast cancer. (11) Like other forms of breast cancer, triple-negative breast cancer is treated with surgery, radiation therapy, or chemotherapy. (12) Early-stage detection of triple-negative breast cancer is the key to survival because the tumor cells lack certain receptors, and neither hormone therapy nor drugs that target these receptors are