. >>> good morning, i'm your host dr. brenda wade. the national cancer institute estimates that nearly 27,000 african-american women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. why is this number so high and what, most importantly, can you do to prevent this illness? we have to provide treatment for women with breast cancer. and here to tell us about a special free breast cancer and health conference, taking place may 4th is miss pamela ratliff. she joins us from the community partnership program at the stanford cancer institute. good morning. welcome back. >> good morning. thank you. >> it's so good to have you back, pamela. >> thank you. >> i know how much heart and soul you put into this conference every year. tell us why you do what you do with this conference? >> well, it's important for me having had a mother who had breast cancer. >> uh-huh. >> several family members and knowing people in the community who really needed to have some sort of resource, information that was culturally tailored for them and can provide them wit

brenda wade, psychologist: was an incomplete brain. that was threatening, and humiliating. that can push another child over the edge and sadly it did press this young girl over the edge. she had already been abused. she had already been attacked. she had already had a public airing of that and it was overwhelming. central nervous system offers self. and it made her feel hopeless. that is the recipe for teenage suicide. >> reporter: this tragedy came about because we have these people with their immature brains making the worst decisionswith intoxicants onboard. docor wade says audrie's attack was more than rapeshe was attacked in all aspects of her life, and social media was a big part of it. when it comes to bullying and cyber bullying, the problem is these incomplete brains don't recognize how much that hurts and threatens and humiliates the person who is being bullied. and, that can push another child over the edge and, sadly, it did push this young girl over the edge. she had already been abused. she had already been attacked. and, then, she had to be subjected to all o