Breast cancer often untreated in Mideast
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071024/ap_on_he_me/saudi_breast_cancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20071023/capt.8e8c3471f99e41b48b28aee4d13c4c19.saudi_laura_bush_xhj110.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=fFjMmx0xOQE2UN9uh62ucg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="U.S. first lady Laura Bush listens to Dr. Huda Abdel Kareem, right, and unidentified Saudi female doctor during a visit to Abdul-Latif Cancer Screening Center Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The wife of U.S. President George W. Bush arrived in Riyadh on Tuesday to launch the Breast Cancer Partnership program, a new initiative to fight cancer by raising awareness about the disease and increasing breast cancer research. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)" border="0" /></a>AP - One Saudi woman ignored the cancer growing in her breast because she didn't want to risk a referral to a male doctor. Another was divorced by her husband on the mere suspicion she had the disease, while a third was dragged away from a mammogram machine because the technicians were men.</p><br clear="all"/>

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