One in every nine women in Pakistan suffers from breast cancer, and the death rate from this disease is the highest in Pakistan than in any other part of the world. The major reasons behind these deaths are acute awareness of the disease, lack of facilities for screening and treatment. This was revealed by Ayesha Isani Majeed, in charge of Federal breast cancer screening at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences.
While making his statement at a seminar organized by Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), he revealed this while emphasizing on the awareness of breast cancer. Ayesha said that the main reasons for breast cancer include obesity, drinking alcohol, not exercising, late pregnancy, not being a mother, changes in hormones, ionized radiation.
He said, 'Life can be saved if you get information about it in the beginning and get the right treatment. Every woman should take care of this herself. Also, if the disease is detected in time, the patient is 90-95 percent likely to recover. At the same time, Dr. Hajra Ahmed, Chairperson of the Department of Environmental Design Health and Nutritional Sciences, spoke about the important facts related to breast cancer and spread awareness about it. According to a data from the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 627,000 women die of breast cancer.
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