Topic: Felicia Knaul

AFP Global Edition | 2009-11-03 11:00:34

Breast cancer is becoming an increasingly global epidemic, plaguing more people in developing countries where mortality rates are higher and many lack access to care, US researchers warned. "We used to think breast cancer was a problem of only wealthy women, but now we know breast cancer shows no favorites: It strikes rich and poor women alike," says Felicia Knaul ...

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AFP Global Edition | 2009-11-03 10:00:43

Breast cancer is becoming an increasingly global epidemic, plaguing more people in developing countries where mortality rates are higher and many lack access to care, US researchers warned. "We used to think breast cancer was a problem of only wealthy women, but now we know breast cancer shows no favorites: It strikes rich and poor women alike," says Felicia Knaul ...

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AP News | 2009-11-03 07:15:59
HEALTHBEAT: Effort to address breast cancer in poor countries focuses on exams, cheaper chemo

Nurses were training women in rural Mexico to examine their breasts for cancer when one raised her hand to object. If she lost her breast, Harvard public health specialist Felicia Knaul recalls the woman saying, "My man would leave me" — and with him, the family's ...

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AP News | 2009-11-02 18:05:35
HEALTHBEAT: Specialists plan how to counter troubling breast cancer rise in poorest countries

Nurses were training women in rural Mexico to examine their breasts for cancer when one raised her hand to object. If she lost her breast, Harvard public health specialist Felicia Knaul recalls the woman saying, "My man would leave me" — and with him, the family's income ...

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