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Breast Cancer and African-American Women
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Philadelphia Tribune, The
06-27-1997
Breast Cancer and African-American Women
Imagine walking into your physician's office and she tells you that the lump you felt during a monthly breast self-examination needs further evaluation. The first thing you imagine is that you must have breast cancer. Immediate panic makes you wonder if this is a death sentence. Suddenly, you feel all alone as if you are the first woman in the world to hear these words from a doctor.<...
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