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20-year-old breast cancer survivor advices women on early detection

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Twenty year old cancer survivor Mrs Funmi Adebola has advised women to always self exam their breasts and quickly report to the hospital for prompt evaluation on any the abnormality witness in the breast.

Mrs Adebola disclosed, during the 2022 World Cancer Week Marked in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital at the Oncology Clinic of the hospital last Friday.

She explained that even though the treatment of any cancer disease is expensive but when detected early the cost is more effective than it was presented to the hospital every late.

Mrs Adebola narrated how she is managing her live with the ailment through out this twenty years.

She urged the Management of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital being the hospital who has
the expertists that treat and manage cancer patients to establish counselling Unit inorder to encourage and promote early presentation of cancer case to the hospital.

Some of the cancer survivors who spoke during the sensitisation included Hajiya Rahma Sani ,a Chief Medical Health Worker who is living with cancer disease for over thirteen years,Fatima Idris ,a nursing officer as well as the Oncologist/Consultant Surgeon Dr Mustapha and the Oncology Nurse , Abdullahi Kamaluddeen.

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