A BREAST cancer diagnosis no longer carries the bleak outlook it did a generation ago. Targeted medicines, immunotherapy, and treatments tailored to individual tumours are improving prospects for patients. For a Pakistani woman, however, these advances offer little comfort when she cannot afford prescribed drugs, must travel repeatedly for chemotherapy, or abandon treatment halfway through. This is a concern during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, whose theme, ‘Every story is unique, every journey matters’, asks us to look beyond the........

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