Comments on: Soraya: Gifted Latin Singer who Died of Breast Cancer http://www.mycanceradvisor.com/2009/07/11/soraya-a-gifted-latin-singer-who-died-of-breast-cancer/ A Cancer Blog by Dr. Charles Balch Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:20:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Balch http://www.mycanceradvisor.com/2009/07/11/soraya-a-gifted-latin-singer-who-died-of-breast-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Mark Balch Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:09:09 +0000 http://mycanceradvisor.com/?p=1010#comment-92 I found a good article on Mexico’s first breast cancer screening program: Screening in Mexico finds most breast cancer in women 60 and younger By Rebekah Moan | September 22, 2009 Nearly 70% of cancers found in Mexico’s first breast cancer screening program were in women younger than 60 years old, the reverse of the pattern seen in the U.S. and other developed countries. Mexico’s first voluntary mammography screening program was organized by the Mexican Foundation for Education in Prevention and Opportune Detection of Breast Cancer (FUCAM) and the Mexico City government. It targeted women over 40. More than 96,000 mammograms were performed in mobile units for residents in Mexico City’s Federal District over a 22-month period ending in December 2006, according to a new study (Breast J 2009 Aug. 17:epub ahead of print). Read the rest here: http://www.cancernetwork.com/breast-cancer/article/113619/1458028 I found a good article on Mexico’s first breast cancer screening program:

Screening in Mexico finds most breast cancer in women 60 and younger
By Rebekah Moan | September 22, 2009

Nearly 70% of cancers found in Mexico’s first breast cancer screening program were in women younger than 60 years old, the reverse of the pattern seen in the U.S. and other developed countries.

Mexico’s first voluntary mammography screening program was organized by the Mexican Foundation for Education in Prevention and Opportune Detection of Breast Cancer (FUCAM) and the Mexico City government. It targeted women over 40.

More than 96,000 mammograms were performed in mobile units for residents in Mexico City’s Federal District over a 22-month period ending in December 2006, according to a new study (Breast J 2009 Aug. 17:epub ahead of print).

Read the rest here:

http://www.cancernetwork.com/breast-cancer/article/113619/1458028

]]> By: Tom Barnett http://www.mycanceradvisor.com/2009/07/11/soraya-a-gifted-latin-singer-who-died-of-breast-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Tom Barnett Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:28:45 +0000 http://mycanceradvisor.com/?p=1010#comment-90 How prevalent are breast cancer screening programs in Mexico?? How prevalent are breast cancer screening programs in Mexico??

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