The intergenerational consequences of breast cancer deaths in sub-Saharan Africa – maternal orphans

A new article by researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) provides evidence that the number of maternal orphans (children aged < 18 years at maternal death) due to breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa exceeds the number of deaths from breast cancer among women in the region. This research was published in the journal JAMA Oncology.