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Komen Reversal a Victory for Latina Fight Against Breast Cancer

February 10, 2012

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Perspective: By Jessica González-Rojas New America Media  When I was 16, a health educator came to my high-school gym class, corralled the girls in the locker room and talked about breast health. My experience that day proved fateful for me, and those memories came back this week with the unsettling news that the Susan G. [...]

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Preventing Breast Cancer Through Health Care Reform!

November 6, 2009

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By Wendy C. Wolf  One simple test could end up saving thousands of women’s lives. Yet, for those without health insurance, the test comes too late. According to the American Cancer Society, this year alone an estimated 40,170 women will lose their lives to breast cancer. Meanwhile, it is estimated that 4,000 breast cancer deaths [...]

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Organización ayuda a mujeres latinas a prevenir el cáncer de seno

November 6, 2009

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WASHINGTON (ConcienciaNews) – Han pasado 17 años desde que Venus Ginés tuvo cáncer de seno; pero ese pasado le permitió hacer una promesa que ahora es una realidad: ayudar en la prevención de este tipo de cáncer entre las mujeres latinas.  “Cuando me diagnosticaron el cáncer yo era madre soltera y pensaba qué iba a hacer; [...]

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