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Men can also have breast cancer – UITH CMD

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Chief Medical Director, CMD, of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, UITH, Prof. Yusuf Dasilva, says men can also be affected by breast cancer, advising both gender to always go for screening.

Mr Dasilva stated this in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of a ‘Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness’, organised in Ilorin, as part of the activities marking Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The programme, with the theme: “No One Should Face Breast Cancer Alone”, was organised by UITH, in collaboration with Medical Women Association of Nigeria, MWAN.

The CMD, who was represented by Prof. Bilyaminu Abayomi, Chairman Medical Advisory Committee, CMAC, UITH, described breast cancer as a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the breast.

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According to him, certain factors, including increasing age and obesity, increase the risk of breast cancer.

Others, he said, were: harmful use of alcohol, family history of breast cancer, history of radiation exposure, reproductive history (such as age that menstrual periods began and age at first pregnancy), tobacco use and postmenopausal hormone therapy.

The CMD said that the theme of the programme was apt, as it would help to raise awareness and drive behavioural change against stigmatisation of those with the disease.

He stated further that the exercise was to facilitate knowledge sharing and provide a platform for dissemination of breast cancer information and sensitise people on the need to get screened and ensure early diagnosis to save lives.

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According to him, breast cancer is not a death sentence, as people can commence treatment, if diagnosed early.

Also speaking, a Consultant General Surgeon at UITH, Dr Olushola Fasiku, underscored the importance of creating awareness on breast cancer.

According to Mr Fasiku, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women, adding that over two million cases are recorded yearly globally.

To him, there is treatment and people can live, insisting that men too should go for screening.

In her remarks, Dr Mojirola Fasiku, a Consultant Public Health Physician in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, UITH, said one in every eight women would have breast cancer.

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Mrs Fasiku, who noted that breast cancer had been on the rise, called on all stakeholders to support those with the disease.

She warned against stigmatisation, maintaining that the disease was not contagious.

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