Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 10th Nov. World Health Organization’s cancer research agency, IARC on Thursday strongly recommended early detection of breast cancer determined by where the cancer patient lives.
IARC stated that the study of over two million women across 81 countries published on Thursday found “striking” variations across countries and regions.
WHO stressed that close to one in three women diagnosed with breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa for example were found to have later-stage tumours which had spread from their original location, compared to just one in 10 in Europe and North America.
The report shows that a higher proportion of women with low socioeconomic status were diagnosed with later-stage tumours.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer type worldwide and the leading cause of death from cancer in women.
WHO advises that countries strive to increase the proportion of breast cancers diagnosed at an early stage to at least 60 per cent, which requires investment in detection capabilities and in data-gathering to reduce breast cancer deaths.
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