• Every three minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer.
  • Every thirteen minute a woman dies from breast cancer
  • It accounts for 20% of the total cancer-related diseases in India and is largely prevalent among urban women.  In India, younger urban women in the 30 to 55 age group are more vulnerable to breast cancer. Most cases are diagnosed late.
  • Presently, 75,000 new cases occur in Indian women every year.
  • Over the course of a lifetime, one in twenty two women will be diagnosed with breast cancer.
  • The Breast is an important psychological, physiological & aesthetic part of the female form. Therefore any disease state affects social, moral & physical balances in the woman’s life.
  • The incidence of the disease was deemed to be high in the western hemisphere but of late there is an alarming increase in the number as well as the type of breast cancer cases being detected in India.
  • Self-breast examination is the cheapest and best way of detecting such symptoms. Women must examine their breasts seven days after the periods,’’

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