Ghana: Prevention of Breast Cancer Deaths--Early Detection and Treatment Remains Key

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More than one million women, worldwide, are diagnosed each year with breast cancer, over half the number of who die from the disease.

Breast cancer -- characterized by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the milk producing glands of the breast or in the passages (ducts) that deliver milk to the nipples--is the common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in women.

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