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...decisions are similarly dictated by pocketbook considerations. The greater likelihood of ER-negative breast cancer in Africans and Asians means that such drugs as the estrogen blockers are not on the menu of pharmaceutical options. That rules out one of the cheapest and most available breast-cancer drugs in Africa: a $150-a-dose generic version of tamoxifen (and even that would be far too expensive for many women). Traditional chemotherapy may cost $20,000 or more. Merely determining which type of cancer a woman has may require genetic testing, which can add an additional $3,000 to the bill...
...come two new books about India, also written in English and from afar: one by an Indian publisher living in Canada, the other by an ethnic Indian born and raised in East Africa and also living in Canada. Interestingly, both books examine the themes of extremism and sectarian violence - curses that continue to scar India and detract from the many great gains the country has made economically in the past decade...
...Zealanders were originally taught this game by Scottish Presbyterians. The dour Scots obviously never fathomed the English humor in the ridiculous 16-man scrum. It was all meant as a joke, to keep robust adolescent schoolboys occupied during winter - when they could not play cricket. Deon Thom George, South Africa...
...years, breast cancer was seen as a disease that predominantly struck white, well-to-do women in the developed world--and the fact is, it did. But the face of breast cancer is changing. The disease is on the march in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere, with rates rising dramatically, as much as sevenfold, over the past decade. By 2020, 70% of global breast-cancer cases will occur in the developing world. Part of the reason for the change is better sanitation and control of infectious diseases, which have extended life spans in low- and middle-income countries...
...problem. Time's Hong Kong-based correspondent Kathleen Kingsbury, who wrote our cover story, surveyed the state of breast cancer in Japan, China and the rest of Asia. Science editor Jeffrey Kluger reported from Budapest and oversaw the package, and 18 Time reporters in Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East filed dispatches to Kingsbury...