Pakistan is commemorating Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and medical professionals are expressing concern over the nation’s growing cancer rate.
Almost 100,000 women receive a breast cancer diagnosis each year; half of them die as a result of inadequate treatment and delayed diagnosis.
Pakistan’s silent killer: breast cancer
According to doctors, breast cancer is one of the most common and fatal illnesses affecting women in Pakistan, affecting one in ten of them.
Among the main factors behind this startling rise are junk food, obesity, inactivity, hormonal fluctuations, and the tendency to stop breastfeeding.
Sobering data and worldwide comparison
