Posted on 21 October 2019. Tags: bahamas news, Breast Cancer in The Bahamas, Dr. Duane Sands, The Bahama Journal
As breast cancer statistics in The Bahamas remain frightening, Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands said there is a great need to establish more robust machinery for local breast cancer research. In 1999, the incidence of breast cancer in The Bahamas measured 32 out of 100,000 women. In 2014, 62.9 percent of 100,000 Bahamian women […]
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Posted on 04 October 2017. Tags: Bahama Journal, bahamas, bahamas news, Breast Cancer in The Bahamas, The Bahama Journal, the journal
Black women in the Bahamas get Breast Cancer two decades earlier and usually two stages later than most women elsewhere in the world. This statement was made Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands said outside the Cabinet office yesterday. Breast Cancer has affected thousands of women and their families in The Bahamas. As it relates to […]
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