CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu health minister C Vijaya Baskar on Thursday inaugurated a one-stop clinic for breast screening in Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital right here.
“In the final ten years, breast cancer is the most typical cancer we see amongst girls,” the minister said after inaugurating the clinic constructed at a price of Rs four.50 crore.
As in step with the National Institute of Cancer Prevention Research, breast cancer accounts for 14% of all cancers in girls. Overall, one in 28 girls is more likely to develop breast cancer all the way through her lifetime. In urban spaces, one in 22 girls is more likely to develop breast cancer as in comparison to rural spaces where 1 in 60 girls develops breast cancer.
Four woman ministers -- social welfare minister V Saroja, labour minister Nilofer Kafeel, adi dravida welfare minister V M Rajalakshmi and backward categories minister S Valarmathi – had been provide all the way through the inauguration of the clinic.
The clinic, painted in crimson, will offer high-end early screening amenities to diagnose and deal with breast cancers early to lend a hand girls preserve breasts.
The clinic is supplied with state of the art machines like a 3-d digital mammogram for screening and diagnosing lesions which can be as small as 4mm. “We will be capable of pick up lesions at an overly early stage. The clinic is ready up in such a way that women in finding it simple and pleasant to access,” said KMC dean Dr Vasanthamani P.
She said the clinic would offer unfastened prognosis. Patients will likely be referred to the oncology department in the Government Royapettah Hospital for tertiary care. Women who need breast reconstruction or implants can consult with the cosmetic surgery department in Stanley Medical College and Hospital.
“In the final ten years, breast cancer is the most typical cancer we see amongst girls,” the minister said after inaugurating the clinic constructed at a price of Rs four.50 crore.
As in step with the National Institute of Cancer Prevention Research, breast cancer accounts for 14% of all cancers in girls. Overall, one in 28 girls is more likely to develop breast cancer all the way through her lifetime. In urban spaces, one in 22 girls is more likely to develop breast cancer as in comparison to rural spaces where 1 in 60 girls develops breast cancer.
Four woman ministers -- social welfare minister V Saroja, labour minister Nilofer Kafeel, adi dravida welfare minister V M Rajalakshmi and backward categories minister S Valarmathi – had been provide all the way through the inauguration of the clinic.
The clinic, painted in crimson, will offer high-end early screening amenities to diagnose and deal with breast cancers early to lend a hand girls preserve breasts.
The clinic is supplied with state of the art machines like a 3-d digital mammogram for screening and diagnosing lesions which can be as small as 4mm. “We will be capable of pick up lesions at an overly early stage. The clinic is ready up in such a way that women in finding it simple and pleasant to access,” said KMC dean Dr Vasanthamani P.
She said the clinic would offer unfastened prognosis. Patients will likely be referred to the oncology department in the Government Royapettah Hospital for tertiary care. Women who need breast reconstruction or implants can consult with the cosmetic surgery department in Stanley Medical College and Hospital.
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