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Written By: Editorial Team | Updated : November 1, 2017 5:40 PM IST
Jaslok Hospital And Research Centre announced its initiative of spreading awareness towards early detection of breast cancer amongst women. On the occasion of national breast cancer awareness month, Jaslok Hospital provided self-examination training to the women employees of the BMC (D-ward) in Mumbai. The training session was conducted at D ward BMC office, Nana Chowk, Mumbai to the entire women workforce of BMC on 30th October 2017.
Breast cancer projection for India during time periods 2020 suggests the number to go as high as 17, 97,900 says a report by NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information). Also, the recent statistics show that women suffering from breast cancer are mainly below the age of 50 years, hence Jaslok Hospital took this as an immediate action to educate clusters of women and have started with BMC. The training session helped the women employees to self-examine and identify the abnormality. Breast self-examination (BSE) is a technique that was taught to all women in order to examine his/her breast tissue for any physical or visual changes. The methodology used was LOOK, LURVE & LEARN . It was showcased during the activation by the doctors of Jaslok that the genuine rise in the incidence of breast cancer over a younger generation is because of the non-predominant behaviour of the young population in India. (Read: How to do a breast self-examination to check for cancer)
Dr Reetu Jain, Medical Oncologist, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, who along with the team of nurses trained the BMC women said," Conducting this breast cancer awareness training session with the women employees of BMC was good, they were very open-minded and receptive to the training session. There was a lot of eagerness to learn and my message to all the women is that cancer is just a word one shouldn t get scared of it since there is a lot of treatment and precaution available for it. Jaslok Hospital has taken an initiative for this National Breast Cancer month to solve the wider issues men s, as well as women's, are facing. Being the provider of knowledge, I feel obliged to be a part of such awareness program .
Jyotsna Devesh Mehta, Chairperson, Ward committee C and D wards BMC said, " I would like to thank Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre for the training session conducted for our women employees and request them to continue organising such training programmes in the future for the betterment of the masses. " (Read: Can you inherit cancer? Expert answers 3 important questions)
Dr Tarang Gianchandani, CEO, of Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, said, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre aims to spread awareness on such dreaded diseases. With the big step taken in favour of the women employees of BMC D ward, the huge anxiety amongst women about breast screening will vanish by educating the masses and performing self-examinations. A breast self-examination helps in regular assessment of the breasts which is an important way to find breast cancer at the early stage. As a thought leader in the space of Healthcare, Jaslok Hospital urges everyone to be a part of this changing scenario it is striving for. (Read: Dr Rucha Kaushik talks about breast cancer symptoms and treatments available (watch video))
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