Breast Cancer now most common form of cancer: WHO taking action

CAN YOU IMAGINE being thrilled and excited about shockingly bad News—“Breast Cancer has now overtaken lung cancer as the world’s mostly commonly diagnosed cancer,” according to statistics released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in December2020. WHO taking action?

Yes, as a breast cancer survivor-advocate for the past 20 years, this is music to my ears, coming from World Health Organization, (WHO), I now know the change I’ve been dreaming about, is about to happen?

On World Cancer Day, WHO hosted the First of a series of consultations in order to establish a New Global Breast Cancer Initiative, which will launch on 8 March 2021, coinciding strategically with World Women’s Day? This collaborative effort between WHO, AARC, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other multi-sectorial partners will reduce deaths from breast cancer by promoting breast health, improving timely cancer detection and ensuring access toquality cancer care.

The response with renewed urgency to address breast cancer and its growing devastating impact on individuals, communities and limited health systems i commendable and encouraging.

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