October is the month dedicated to the widely increasing issue of women, Breast Cancer. It is the whole year when different organizations and volunteers spread words about breast cancer but every year in the October special movement come into action to increase attention of the whole world towards most common type of cancer in women that is swallowing thousands of lives each year. The aim behind this dedicated month is to spread awareness about the issue as well as teaching the world how to detect and take measures against this giant threat to the beauty of pink. The increasing number of victims of breast cancer and rate of death in response is forcing health organizations to take special measures for this that’s the reason all across the world special efforts are made. Unfortunately talking about such matter is still a taboo in many societies even today when we shout about the empowerment of the women. For every woman probably, whet it comes to empowerment it comes to health and security first. But regrettably these two heads are given the least importance especially in under developed countries. A major reason behind the growing chart of women fighting against this fatal disease is lack of proper knowledge about the early symptoms of breast cancer. This ignorance acts as a huge barrier for the timely detection of the issue. All the researches made in this field clearly show that the chances of survival of women can increase in case of breast cancer only when it is detected before it’s too late. Early detection accompanied with right diagnosis and adequate treatment not only can help in cure of the cancer but also prevents the patients from the extreme suffering that is the part of this illness and its cure. Though statistics of affected women in developed countries also show a high number with a constant rise but still this number is far below than the number of patients in under developed countries and the reason of this is only lack of knowledge and self care. This is the main motive behind specifying the whole month for awareness of breast cancer because awareness is the only way to control the increasing threat to the existence of women.
The need is today to give special attention to your women no matter what age group they belong to. Proper and regular medical examination of young girls and elder women can detect the problem at a very early and controllable stage. Women also must take part in different campaigns focused on awareness of not only breast cancer but also their other specific
problems. These little but in time steps can prevent the huge physical sufferings as well as mental traumas women have to pass through during the treatment of breast cancer at later stages.
(Mona Sohail)
