In Kenya, quite a large number of patients are aged below the age of 50. Whenever Dr Mukuhi Ng’ang’a meets a new breast cancer patient, she often hears the same heartbreaking calculation: ‘Should I pursue treatment and bankrupt my family, or die so my children have a future?’ Dr Ng’ang’a is a breast surgical oncologist at the Aga Khan University Hospital and says that the dilemma between saving costs or seeking treatment is a reality facing thousands of Kenyan women as breast cancer tightens its grip on the nation. “I’ve had patients who have actually said, ‘You know what? I acknowledge I…