15,000 breast cancer patients die every year
Friday, 29 October 2010
RAJSHAHI, Oct 28 (BSS): Around 15,000 patients suffering from breast cancer die out of some 22,000 who add to the existing line up of the disease in the country every year.
Prof Dr Dayem Uddin, Head of Radiotherapy and Oncology Department of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, disclosed this, while presenting the keynote paper at a Continued Medical Education (CME) on Current Management of Breast Cancer at the department today (Thursday).
He also laid emphasis on the need for early detection of breast cancer for the sake of its early recovery. Besides, Mr Dayem said if the disease could be detected at an early stage it could be cured completely.
He told the meeting that breast cancer was systemic rather than a loco- regional disease. So, multimodal approach is more appropriate than single modal approach like surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and heat therapy.
Late marriage, confirmed bachelorhood, apathy to breast feeding, excessive consumption of alcohol and fatty health condition are considered as the risk factors of the disease.
In this regard, he said adjuvant therapy reduces both the recurrence and the death rate and newer drugs like docetsel (Taxotere), harceptin and avastin act well than conventional drugs in terms of survival.
Assistant Prof Aminul Islam, Resident Surgeon Dr Asim Kumar Ghosh and Medical Officer Dr Rawshan Ara of the department also attended the function.
Prof Dr Dayem Uddin, Head of Radiotherapy and Oncology Department of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, disclosed this, while presenting the keynote paper at a Continued Medical Education (CME) on Current Management of Breast Cancer at the department today (Thursday).
He also laid emphasis on the need for early detection of breast cancer for the sake of its early recovery. Besides, Mr Dayem said if the disease could be detected at an early stage it could be cured completely.
He told the meeting that breast cancer was systemic rather than a loco- regional disease. So, multimodal approach is more appropriate than single modal approach like surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and heat therapy.
Late marriage, confirmed bachelorhood, apathy to breast feeding, excessive consumption of alcohol and fatty health condition are considered as the risk factors of the disease.
In this regard, he said adjuvant therapy reduces both the recurrence and the death rate and newer drugs like docetsel (Taxotere), harceptin and avastin act well than conventional drugs in terms of survival.
Assistant Prof Aminul Islam, Resident Surgeon Dr Asim Kumar Ghosh and Medical Officer Dr Rawshan Ara of the department also attended the function.