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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1999 91(12):994-996; doi:10.1093/jnci/91.12.994
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 12, 994-996, June 16, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press

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Breast Cancer Increases on Papua New Guinea

Bob Kuska

For centuries, time had seemed to stand still in the territory of Papua New Guinea, north of Australia. As anthropologist Margaret Mead described in the 1930s, most people on the island lived and died in their remote native villages, practicing the primitive traditions of their elders, and rarely venturing more than a few miles from their homes.Go



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Times have changed. In 1975, PNG gained its independence from Australia, and Western companies soon began queuing up to pay the cash-starved island government for permission to harvest its vast stores of oil, timber, gold, copper, and other valuable commodities, sparking the country's march into the modern world.

But in opening itself up to the West, this tropical nation of 4.5 million people has exposed itself to many so-called Western diseases. Just about every month, island health officials publish new data documenting how once-rare Western health problems — obesity, heart disease, diabetes, alcoholism, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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