UHS Medical Times 1
e-newsletter | October 2015
October is
BREAST CANCER Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a program dedicated to educating women about breast cancer and the importance of early detection. Mammography is particularly important because it can detect breast cancers too small to be felt by physical examination. Research has shown that routine mammography detects 40% of cancers not found on physical examination, thus reducing the death rate from breast cancer by 30%. Medical experts agree that mammography screening done at regular intervals, together with clinical breast exams, and monthly breast self-examination are the three techniques that provide the best means of protection against breast cancer. As a woman ages, her chances of developing breast cancer increases, therefore mammograms are especially important for older women.
Every woman is at risk for breast cancer, no matter her age, family history, or current health. Seventy-five percent of women who are diagnosed with the disease have none of the commonly known risk factors. Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women, one out of every eight women are at risk of developing breast cancer. Worldwide about 1.1million women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. Most of these women are in the age range 45-54 In the UAE, most women present with late stage breast cancer. If found at the early stage, 98% of women will survive 80% of breast lump are benign (non-cancerous) 80% of all cancerous lumps are found by women themselves e-newsletter from University Hospital Sharjah
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