Around Six To Seven Females Suffering From Breast Cancer Diagnosed In Sri Lanka Every Month-Dr.Nayana De Alwis

Around six to seven females suffering from Breast Cancer have been diagnosed in Sri Lanka every month according to the Dr.Nayana De Alwis attached to the National Cancer Control Programme.

Addressing a National Programme On "World Breast Cancer Awareness Month " and Distribution of self breast examination mannequins " held in National Blood Transfusion Center in Narahenpita this noon(24) Dr.Alwis has stressed that around 2350 females suffering from Breast Cancer have been diagnoses in 2009  alone  and 22.2 females per 100,000 population of the country are being  suffering from the disease which can be cured if diagnoses early.

Every 90 second one Breast Cancer death has been reported in somewhere around the globe and every sixty seconds a female suffering from Breast Cancer has been diagnosed she has stressed.