Tunisia – Pink October : Start of awareness campaigns
Awareness campaigns for early detection of breast cancer have been launched in the governorate of Tunis as part of the month of "Pink October", regional health director Tarek Ben Naceur told TAP on Wednesday.
Ben Naceur said that these awareness campaigns, which will continue until the end of October, will be carried out in homes and university institutions as well as in factories and will see the participation of a large number of doctors. specialists, paramedical staff and school and university medical staff.
These campaigns are aimed in particular at informing women of the signs and symptoms of breast cancer at the time of self-examination, the same source pointed out, noting that the effectiveness of treatment increases in proportion to the early diagnosis of cancer. and could as such reach 100%. Read More…