INCIDENCES of breast cancer are on the rise in the country. And we can say so, on the basis of a date by Global Cancer Observatory which suggests the same.
As per the Global Cancer Observatory data, nearly 1.6 lakh patients of breast cancer were diagnosed in 2018 with nearly 50 % deaths because of the disease. This is almost equivalent to facing severe cancer pandemic every year just like the virus pandemic that the people of the nation are currently fighting.
However, the figure isn’t the only sad point. What is even more disturbing is that a lot of these deaths could have been avoided by diagnosing the disease in its early stages.
And this can be done with a healthy habit of self-breast examination and awareness about one’s body, which every girl ideally should adopt and know after attaining adulthood.
A regular clinical breast examination once in 6
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