Cocktail of trouble: Why Kenya has the highest breast cancer risk in Africa

The rapid increase in breast cancer rates has been attributed to a ‘Westernisation’ of lifestyles (Photo: Shutterstock)

Kenyan women have the highest risk of developing breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa, most due to unavoidable causes.

As many as one in 14 women in Kenya will develop breast cancer by age 74, making the disease a major killer of women.