‘Cancer curable in 90pc cases if detected early’
National Professor MR Khan in a seminar yesterday underscored the need of cancer awareness programmes to resist cancer since it is curable in 90 percent cases if detected early, says a press release.Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital (AMCH) organised the seminar at Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) auditorium in the city yesterday on the eve of the World Cancer Survivors Day today. The seminar was chaired by Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) President Kazi Rafiqul Alam while cancer specialist Prof Dr Fazle Elahi presented the keynote paper. Dr Md Abdul Bari, cancer specialist of IPGMR and Dr Happy Hossain, breast and uterus cancer specialist of Holy Family Hospital took part in the discussion while Brigadier General (Retd) Dr Fazle Rahim delivered the welcome address. Two cancer survivors also shared their experience in the seminar who said that they are now happy and living well. Kazi Rafiqul Alam told the seminar that 1200 women were screened recently at the camps organized by AMCH, Mirpur where 15 cases of cancer had been detected.
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