Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women around the world. Pakistan has the highest prevalence of breast cancer in Asia. Breast cancer may be a devastating disease but it is potentially curable. Around 60 percent cases of cancer come from Fata region at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre (SKMCH&RC). Drone attacks may be one of the major causes of cancer prevalence in the Fata region. Breast cancer is not contagious."
Health experts stated this at the "Breast Cancer Awareness Session" held at Professor Salimuzzaman Siddiqui Auditorium, International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi (UoK), on Thursday. Dr Esha Saqib said that the progression of breast cancer was associated with genes. Some women inherit breast cancer genes. These women are at a much higher risk of developing breast cancer, which may be at a young age, she maintained.
Talking about the symptoms, she said that some changes that could be due to breast cancer are: a lump or thickening in an area of the breast, a change in the size or shape of a breast, dimpling of the skin or the skin over the breast becomes like orange peel, an eczema like rash or ulcer over the breast, and a swelling or lump in armpit. These signs don't necessarily mean one has cancer but if someone notices any such changes, she should get a check-up, she stated.-PR
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