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Breast Cancer Advice: Don't Do Anything

By AAN Staff
november 11, 2002  09:45 am
Breast Cancer Advice: Don't Do Anything
Breaking down the whys and wherefores behind the Bay Area's breast cancer rates, among the highest in the world, is a fearsome feat. For North Bay Bohemian writer Allie Gottlieb, it's personal -- she's got all the Bay Area risk factors -- her mother died at 48 of the disease, she's white, educated and affluent. No one knows why breast cancer rates are higher among such women. And treatment? "I think it's a crapshoot whether you make it or not," one expert tells Gottlieb.
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