Breast cancer often untreated in Mideast
Posted by Anne on October 24, 2007 3:09 PM
And I'll bet you didn't even have to read the story to know why that was. You, you, you - islamaphobes.
From [1] AP:
One Saudi woman ignored the cancer growing in her breast because she didn't want to risk a referral to a male doctor. Another was divorced by her husband on the mere suspicion she had the disease, while a third was dragged away from a mammogram machine because the technicians were men.
Breast cancer is still considered a taboo in oil-rich Arab Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia even as the disease claims more and more victims, but some women are pushing for greater openness about the illness.
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