As part of the activities of the Continuing Education Unit and in cooperation with the Women’s Affairs Unit in the college, the College of Medicine at the University of Baghdad held a scientific educational symposium on “The Importance of Early Screening for Breast Cancer,” in the College’s Medical Education Hall this morning, Wednesday, the fifteenth of May.
The symposium was presented, which was attended by the Dean of the College, Professor Dr. Ameen Al-Alwani, the Head of the Women’s Affairs Unit, Professor Dr. Hedef Dhafer El-Yassin, and a group of members of the College, both of the teaching assistant professors, Dr. Israa Ali Hussein and Dr. Ola Hussein Jassim.
The symposium aimed to introduce the importance of early detection of breast cancer and its impact on increasing the cure rate and raising the level of awareness in society, especially among women, about this disease, by presenting several topics that included: risk factors for breast cancer, symptoms and signs of the disease, and methods of early detection and prevention. With a histological review of the disease by differentiating between benign and malignant breast tumors, the possibility of treating them, and preparing for a biopsy before undergoing the biopsy procedure.
Other examination methods for diagnosing breast cancer were presented, in addition to self-examination, clinical examination, radiology and ultrasound examination, and methods for determining the stages of disease development. The symposium pointed to the reality of disease infections in Iraq and the death rate compared to recovery rates. During the symposium, awareness brochures were distributed about the importance of early detection.
The session concluded with a number of recommendations presented by Professor Dr. Amin Al-Alwani and those in charge of managing the symposium, which represented the necessity of holding this type of symposium, in addition to implementing examinations in the presence of specialists in the field of radiology and gynecology, and implementing campaigns on a large scale to include a larger group of females, in addition to printing posters and brochures. To enhance awareness among everyone and spread the culture of early screening as a preventive measure.
