MORE THAN MIRACLES NEEDED: BREAST CANCER AMONG PALESTINIAN WOMEN | Zendy

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MORE THAN MIRACLES NEEDED: BREAST CANCER AMONG PALESTINIAN WOMEN

Author(s) -

Maskit Bendel

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

bridges

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1558-9552

pISSN - 1046-8358

DOI - 10.2979/bri.2006.11.1.33

Subject(s) - mammography , palestine , gaza strip , medicine , breast cancer , population , mammography screening , test (biology) , family medicine , gynecology , cancer , environmental health , history , ancient history , paleontology , biology

difficult and complex. In Palestine, availability of mammography units is very low. In the Gaza Strip, for example, only three mammography units serve a population of around 1,300,000 people; two of these are in private centers. Private mammography costs as much as $30 for a test a huge amount for the average Palestinian woman. One could say confidently that in general, a Palestinian woman does not have a mammography unless she already has a suspicious lump.

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