Health News : Breast-Cancer-awareness-week-launched

The Volta Regional Director of the Department of Women, Lena Alai says breast cancer is one of the major causes of cancer related death. She said breast cancer alone caused 502,000 deaths in the year 2000. Madam Alai was speaking at Volta Regional launch of Breast Cancer week in Ho. It was organised by the Department of Women with the focus “Breast Cancer and You.”


The launch which creates awareness on the disease is to raise funds to support its victims. Madam Alai attributed the high incidence of breast cancer in the country to lack of adequate early detection, diagnosis and treatment services nation-wide, coupled with ignorance, poverty and superstition. A Resource Person from Volta Regional Hospital, Dr. Anthony Ashinyo, noted that women between the ages of 35 and 45 are mostly affected by breast cancer. He therefore called on the people to do self examination and seek early treatment.