Dr. Mohsin Raza, Secretary & Trustee, Society for Breast Cancer Awareness Program, Aligarh, conducted a "Breast Cancer Awareness program" at Era Hospital, Era University, Lucknow. He delivered an interactive lecture for the faculty, staff, and students. Some cancer patients and the general public also participated in it.
Prof. M.M.A. Faridi, Dean & Principal, Era's Lucknow Medical College, welcomed the guests. A symbolic torch of light was also lit to create awareness and was handed over by the Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor to Prof. Kum Kum Srivastava.
Hon'ble Vice Chancellor Prof. A.A. Mahdi introduced the topic as well as the speaker. Speaking on the occasion Prof. Mahdi said that breast cancer is a dreaded disease and is quite common in females and its outcome is poor in the developing countries like ours as the patients present themselves very late. That is why awareness is very much required. That is why this program has been organized to make aware not only the doctors but also the general public. He further said that breast cancer is 80 - 90% treatable if it is timely diagnosed and treated.
Dr. Mohsin Raza in his talk said that breast cancer is the most common cancer in women both in the developed and less developed world. He further stated that although breast cancer is thought to be a disease of the developed world, almost 50% of breast cancer cases and 58% of deaths occur in less developed countries. He said that breast cancer survival rates vary greatly worldwide, ranging from 80% or over in North America, Sweden, and Japan to around 60% in middle-income countries and below 40% in low-income countries. He said that low survival rates in less developed countries are mainly due to lack of early detection programmes, resulting in a high proportion of women presenting with late-stage disease, as well as by the lack of adequate diagnosis and treatment facilities.
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