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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 02 (APP):The Atomic Energy Cancer Hospital (DINAR) has started its activities related to breast cancer awareness in a ceremony organized here in the hospital on Monday.
The ceremony was inaugurated by a lady who recently recovered from breast cancer in DINAR.
Addressing the ceremony, Director of DINAR Cancer Hospital Dera Ismail Khan Dr. Nabeela Javed has said that breast cancer was a life-threatening disease which could be cured through timely diagnosis.
She stressed the need for complete awareness about breast cancer in society, saying, the increasing rate of breast cancer cases in Pakistan was alarming as every ninth woman may be suffered from breast cancer in the country.
She informed that a free medical camp for breast cancer diagnosis would be organized at DINAR Cancer Hospital from October 21st to 31st, adding, the free diagnostic services would be available from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
She said that DINAR Cancer Hospital will organize awareness seminars in all the universities and colleges of Dera Ismail Khan in October, which is observed as Breast Cancer Awareness Month across the world.
Moreover, she said, the different programs would be aired through TV, radio and other media to sensitize people about this disease.