Breast Cancer Community Awareness Session at 8 JB BHU

Breast Cancer Community Awareness Session at 8 JB BHU

Department of Community Medicine visited 8 JB Faisalabad Basic Health Unit (BHU), to spread awareness about breast cancer among females of this area. Head of Community Medicine Department, Assoc Prof Dr Sumera Riaz not only gave information regarding high incidence and mortality rate of breast cancer in Pakistan but also highlighted the importance of Breast Self-Examination (BSE) in the early detection of breast cancer. She demonstrated to them when & how Breast Self-Examination should be performed every month. She guided females that if they identify any abnormality during BSE then they should immediately get themselves checked by an expert doctor rather than visiting quacks.