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Jan 20, 2024 19 min

Why Cancer Screening?

from Avaaz Health Hosted by Avaaz Health

We're talking about the purpose and benefits of cancer screening. Learn why South Asian women, whether new immigrants or established in western countries for a long time, tend to get diagnosed with various cancers later and with advanced disease at their initial diagnosis. SHOW NOTES www.bccancer.bc.ca/screening www.bccancer.bc.ca/prevent “Cancer screening behaviours among south asian immigrants in the UK, USand Canada: A scoping study” by Crawford et al. Health & Social Care in the Community, 2016. 24(2): 123-153. https://www.ted.com/talks/dr_sharlene_gill_how_to_flip_the_script_on_cancer?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

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