Breast Cancer A Killer In Poor Countries, Report Says
An estimated one-quarter of breast cancers could be prevented by decreasing alcohol intake (4%-16%), obesity (8%-28%), physical activity (2%-10%), and hormone medication use (3%), based on data from high-income countries. Another 4% of breast cancers could be prevented by increasing breastfeeding, researchers added.
Behind the Numbers: Working To Tackle Breast Cancer in Ghana
Breast cancer is still the world's most prevalent cancer, but survival rates have greatly improved since the 1980s in countries that have early detection programs and different ways of treating it (2) .
Breast Cancer Is Rising in Young American Women, And We Don't Know Why
Breast cancer cases in the US among women aged under 40 are jumping up by nearly half a percent each year, though new research by scientists at Columbia University suggests the rise isn't spread evenly across the country.
Breast Cancer Cases Expected To Rise By Almost 40% By 2050
Factors like age, family history, inherited genetic faults and lifestyle factors like alcohol intake and physical activity can influence breast cancer risk.
Breast cancer is on the rise: data reveal drastic gap in survival rates
Lack of screening and limited treatment options mean that low- and middle-income countries face higher death rates despite having fewer cases than wealthier nations.
Did you know Breast Cancer death rate among women to rise by 68% by 2050
World Health Organisation (WHO) says in a new report that breast cancer cases are expected to increase by 38% globally by 2050. The findings from a report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC),
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World’s poorest countries buckle under huge debt
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US food and medical aid to the world’s poorest is still in limbo
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Distribution of HIV drugs in poor countries stopped as Trump freezes foreign aid
As part of the foreign aid freeze by President Donald Trump, the U.S. distribution of HIV drugs in poor countries has been stopped.
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Which countries are most affected by climate change?
“It's getting harder and harder to get enough to eat," she says. Mahamadou Mary Diarra / Oxfam The countries most affected by climate change are poor, rely heavily on agriculture for income, and ...
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Trump order set to halt supply of HIV, malaria drugs to poor countries as part of aid freeze, sources say
The Trump administration has moved to stop the supply of lifesaving drugs for HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, as well as medical supplies for newborn babies, in countries supported by USAID around ...