Beirut Arab University Women’s League Awareness Campaign for the Prevention of Breast Cancer

In the occasion of the International Month for Breast Cancer, Beirut Arab University Women’s League hosted Dr. Fadi Farhat, the Head of Hematology and Oncology Department at Hammoud University Hospital to give a lecture on the importance of early detection of breast cancer on the 27 of October 2011 at Ali Rached Hall in Beirut campus.
Dr. Farhat talked about cancer and the factors that contribute to an increased risk of attacking with age, hereditary factors, smoking and overweight, and not breast-feeding or child bearing. He also pointed at the symptoms that women feel and thus the importance of self-examination once per month and an X-ray once per year or after the age of 40 since early detection of breast cancer reduces its risks and raises the healing chances.
This campaign is part of a bigger awareness campaign that the Ministry of Health participates in. It aims at preserving women’s health especially that the rate of patients have been increasing in Lebanon every year.