in southampton says he s also heard that some asian and middle eastern communities will refuse to take the gene test for breast cancer, because they believe it may lower their status if they have it. part of it might be the fear of being labelled as a person or a family with a cancer gene. this might have a social impact in terms of community interaction with them, and it might have an effect on their marriage prospects in the future, as well. it s not very common, but it s been reported before. how important is it to have an early diagnosis? generally speaking, an earlier diagnosis of a smaller tumour that hasn t progressed into the lymph nodes is commonly treated by a lumpectomy. if the disease progressed to a certain extent and we don t have means to try and downsize it or down stage it, patients might end up having a mastectomy and a full axillary clearance, for instance. nagina has now started
she had around nine months of treatment. what got her through it was the support from her immediate family especially when one of her sons signed up for race for life in 2014. he ran for me because he thought that, with that step, he could save his mum s life. so that was my strength. nagina is now cancer free, and is on a mission to break down the stigma surrounding the disease. i really want to educate people. i want to tell them that this is a disease, not a curse don t feel embarrassed. this is not punishment from their past life of their. . .their actions or their things. this poor lady, she had to deal with the diagnosis of cancer. a breast cancer surgeon in southampton says he s also heard that some asian and middle eastern communities will refuse to take the gene test for breast cancer, because they believe it may
he could save his mum s life. so that was my strength. nagina is now cancer free, and is on a mission to break down the stigma surrounding the disease. i really want to educate people. i want to tell them that this is a disease, not a curse don t feel embarrassed. this is not punishment from their past life of their. . .their actions or their things. this poor lady, she had to deal with the diagnosis of cancer. a breast cancer surgeon in southampton says he s also heard that some asian and middle eastern communities will refuse to take the gene test for breast cancer, because they believe it may lower their status if they have it. part of it might be the fear of being labelled as a person or a family with a cancer gene. this might have a social impact in terms of community interaction with them,
so that was my strength. nagina is now cancer free, and is on a mission to break down the stigma surrounding the disease. i really want to educate people. i want to tell them that this is a disease, not a curse don t feel embarrassed. this is not punishment from their past life of their. . .their actions or their things. this poor lady, she had to deal with the diagnosis of cancer. a breast cancer surgeon in southampton says he s also heard that some asian and middle eastern communities will refuse to take the gene test for breast cancer, because they believe it may lower their status if they have it. part of it might be the fear of being labelled as a person or a family with a cancer gene. this might have a social impact
he could save his mum s life. so that was my strength. nagina is now cancer free, and is on a mission to break down the stigma surrounding the disease. i really want to educate people. i want to tell them that this is a disease, not a curse don t feel embarrassed. this is not punishment from their past life of their. . .their actions or their things. this poor lady, she had to deal with the diagnosis of cancer. a breast cancer surgeon in southampton says he s also heard that some asian and middle eastern communities will refuse to take the gene test for breast cancer, because they believe it may lower their status if they have it. part of it might be the fear of being labelled as a person or a family with a cancer gene. this might have a social impact in terms of community interaction with them, and it might have an effect