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Article: Women dying needlessly says Breast Cancer Society (rates growing among Native women).
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- November 1, 1998
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By Margaret Boyes
Windspeaker Contributor
VANCOUVER
First Nations Breast Cancer Society President Jacqueline Davis, said breast cancer rates are growing among Native women due to lack of education.
Native women are not getting examined regularly by physicians because they may not understand the medical procedures or how to go about getting an examination.
"Many women are dying needlessly," Davis said. "The First Nations Breast Cancer Society is doing something about this."
The society has been registered as a non-profit organization since 1995. While it doesn't offer medical advice, it provides breast cancer ...