Tag Archives: breast cancer

Bay Area Asian American Immigrant Women more likely to get Breast Cancer

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Jeff

We have written how some doctors would not believe that Asian American women could get breast cancer, but in the past few years, I know a number of Asian American women who were diagnosed with the disease.   Previous studies of … Continue reading →

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The Model Minority Myth applied to Asian-American Health

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Jeff

When I was 34, my doctor refused to biopsy a lump I found in my right breast.  He told me I was too young to get breast cancer and had no family history. Besides, he said, “Asian women don’t get … Continue reading →

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