LatinaLista — One of the most frightening messages any woman can receive is being told that she had an abnormal mammogram. Most women immediately follow instructions for follow-up examination and proceed with treatment, if it’s needed. Most women, just not most Latinas. A new study released today by the Redes En Acción research network found [...]
Commentary: Celebrating 50th anniversary of escaping Cuba taught my three sisters and I how to survive, especially when cancer hits
By Dalia Diaz Rumbo News As February 11th is approaching, I have been preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of my arrival to this country; after all, escaping from Cuba in a boat and being rescued by a tanker in the middle of the Atlantic was no small feat. Now I have to step back [...]
Biking from Machu Picchu to the Amazon for a good cause
By Milenka Frkovich Peru This Week (Note: This article originally ran in Peru This Week‘s sister publication, The Break.) Throughout my life I have seen many people, including close friends and family, struggle with cancer. This horrible disease serves as a wake up call to all of us, not only to take care of our [...]
Breast cancer tissue bank strives to broaden diversity of samples to help Latinas, blacks and Asians
LatinaLista — Breast cancer may not discriminate with whom it targets but not all breast cancer is the same inwho gets it. The medical community recognizes that breast cancer, as all cancers, behave differently in people of different ethnicities. That wasn’t always the case. It used to be considered a one-size-disease-fits-all until doctors noticed, for [...]
Susan G. Komen for the Cure partners with Mexican government to bring breast cancer awareness to Mexican immigrants in U.S.
LatinaLista — The pink ribbon has become an iconic symbol worldwide for breast cancer awareness — it even has its own Wikipedia entry. Thanks to a great marketing effort, that has been both viral and organized, there’s no one who doesn’t instantly recognize what the pink ribbon symbolizes. The one organization, for whom the pink [...]
International conference spotlights breast cancer in young women
LatinaLista — According to the National Cancer Institute, breast cancer is the leading cause of death in young women ages 15-54. When we think of breast cancer, we think of it as a disease that attacks older women — women who, though they still have a lot to live for, are more than halfway through [...]
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