Breast Cancer Awareness Month Observed at Dibrugarh Cancer Centre
28 October 2022
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Aligned with the global effort to extend support to people affected with breast cancer and to create awareness on prevention and early detection, Dibrugarh Cancer Centre organized various events in the region. Dibrugarh Cancer Centre in collaboration with Lions Club and Red Cross Society – Dibrugarh, organised awareness programmes and screening sessions for women in Dhinghula and Pub Banipur Goan. Screening and counselling sessions was organised at ACCF kiosk in AMCH premises for women beneficiaries. To spread awareness amongst masses, Pink Ribbon campaign was organised where pink ribbon was distributed to the cricketers during an inter district cricket competition at Chowkidingi field. Besides, felicitation of cancer survivors was done where the survivors spoke on their survival journey. Breast Cancer is curable, if detected early. To facilitate early diagnosis, Assam Cancer Care Foundation hospitals provided free mammography for women above 45 years in the month of October. Mammography facility is available at affordable rates in all seven ACCF hospitals at Dibrugarh, Barpeta, Jorhat, Tezpur, Lakhimpur, Darrang, and Kokrajhar.
