Breast Cancer Awareness Month

By Jaskaran Bajwa

From a young age, we were constantly exposed to the iconic pink ribbon. The recognizable pink ribbon is a symbol of a disease that claims over 42,690 lives every year. Breast cancer is a disease where malignant cells and tumors are found inside the breast tissue. It can change the shape of the breast and causes hard lumps to form.

While many people know about this disease, they know very little about the recognition, treatment, and prevention of this horrible life-threatening disease. Every year there are about 1.3 million new cases of breast cancer all over the world. This cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women worldwide, both in urbanized and developing third-world countries.

Even today, in an age of rapid medical advancement, we have very little knowledge about what causes breast cancer. Which is why early detection is crucial to make sure that the disease is quickly treated . When detected early enough, the cancer is more likely to be cured. Recovery rates are far higher for cases that were detected earlier rather than later.

In the unfortunate case where the cancer is not identified early, treatment may not be an option. For late-stage breast cancer, palliative treatment is the only available treatment. While breast cancer cases occur all over the world, the vast majority of deaths occur in low-income countries and nations, due to the lack of awareness and resources for this disease.

The World Health Organization recommends regular comprehensive breast cancer control programs. In many developed countries such as the United States, breast cancer detection programs such as mammograms offer great long term results, can detect the cancer early, and often have a very good long-term prognosis.

This horrible disease claims over a million lives every year. With proper identification and prevention methods, it is easy to detect this disease early and treat it with the wonders of modern medicine. For more information please visit the link below.

https://www.who.int/cancer/events/breast_cancer_month/en/