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Tag: cancer stigma

Posted inHealth

Cultural barriers challenge Native Americans seeking cancer treatment

by Adnan Alam Mar 11, 2020Mar 11, 2020

PHOENIX – At 19, Kristine Rhodes was diagnosed with noninvasive cervical cancer. That led to a year of uncomfortable procedures and another battle – facing the stigma that cancer can carry in Native American communities. “That was something that I didn’t talk about for many years,” said Rhodes, who is Anishinaabe and an enrolled member […]

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