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Kate Watt on Helping Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer

Posted Sep 11, 2018

Helping women diagnosed with breast cancer cope with the disease, Community Breast Health Navigators find ways of eliminating the barriers to care. In this edition of Comcast Newsmakers, Executive Director of Komen South Florida, Kate Watt, discusses howthe program helps women cope with the anxiety of being diagnosed with cancer by providing information, resources and help in expediting their access to care.

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