<i> 4th nationwide breast cancer screening programme by CCPR</i>
Centre for Cancer Prevention and Research (CCPR) has organised nationwide breast cancer awareness and free screening programme, as a continuation of their last three years effort to raise awareness and detecting the cancer at early stage, says a press release.
The programme is scheduled to start on January 14 initially at Dhaka and nearby districts which is to spread gradually in other districts.
The programme will be marked with seminars as well as screening camps, especially focused for the vulnerable women, with special emphasis to the deprived and low socioeconomic class.
Nokia, one of the leading mobile phone manufacturing companies, has extended support to this programme as a part of their corporate social responsibility.
Mosarrat Jahan Talukder, Executive Director of CCPR informed that approximately a total of 23000 women participated in the awareness seminars and about 4500 women were examined clinically uder this programme since 2007. About 1000 women communicated subsequently to CCPR for further investigations, treatment, follow-up and counseling. Dr Md Habibullah Talukder, Associate Professor and Head of Cancer Epidemiology, National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital will lead the technical team.
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