Around 2500 Breast Cancer Patients Are Being Identified Annually In Sri Lanka And 800 Of Them Die-Dr.Mahipala

Around 2500 Breast Cancer Patients are being identified annually from Sri Lanka and 800 of them die due to the identification of the disease at later stage according to Director General Of Health Services Dr.Palitha Mahipala.

The majority of the Breast Cancer Patients identified from Sri Lanka are elderly females and the disease amongst the younger females here are also on the increase Dr.Mahipala has stressed.

Even the Breast Cancer amongst males too are on the increase and due to this fact males too should be on alert on the disease Local Oncologists have stated.

In the globe around 1.8 million Breast Cancer Patients are being identified annually according to the statistics.

If there is a a suspicious symptom/symptoms related to Breast Cancer the patient should seek medical advise without any delay Oncologists have said."People can visit one of the  324 "Suwa Nari" clinics Which providing testing facilities of breast cancer free of charge ,functioned at MOH(Medical Officer On Health) Offices throughout the island every Saturday" and check their status of the disease they have said.