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...also noted the possibility of using the mutant mice to study colon cancer, which long-term colitis patients have a heightened risk of developing...
...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...
...event--was the solemn coda to the meeting. But months before the Komen event was held, we had mobilized our own global resources to cover this growing health 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...
...what we know about how to detect and treat the disease, especially in the Third World, where resources may be woefully lacking. There are 3.5 million women in the Indian city of Pune, and there is one comprehensive breast-care facility there. In South Africa only 5% of breast cancers are caught in their earliest stage. In the U.S. it's 50%. In Kenya, a woman with the disease may have no hope at all unless she can travel elsewhere for treatment. "You just sit and wait for your death," Mary Onyango, a Kenyan breast-cancer patient, told Time...
...most people grow up in, and therefore it is particularly important to educate people about sexual choices and habits at places like Harvard. While most cases of HPV are harmless and generally clear within two years, this now-cheaper vaccine protects against 70 percent of all cases of cervical cancer and 90 percent of genital warts. We understand that this vaccine is not right for everyone. At the same time, we encourage students to be proactive, do the research, and talk to their doctors to see if this vaccine is right for them...