Breast Cancer Kills More Than 3.000 Afghan Women Annually

Cancer, a scary word which today includes in human life, but earlier diagnosis can save many lives, according to the doctors.

The 25 year-old Farida, a young Afghan girl becomes aware of her cancer five months earlier.

“I had no hope to live, when I heard about my cancer, I was in a bad situation. It has been five months that I’m under the treatment and hopefully I’m fine now,” said Farida.

After much treatments, she had a surgery and now her final surgery remains to be completely healthy.

Doctors recommend that, for the diagnosis of breast cancer, women should treat themselves at home and see if any additional glands appeared in their chest or not.

Farhad Darya, ambassador of Ministry of Health is a famous artist who fights his way against cancer.

He says, “I want to say that friendship with a woman is a greatness not a fault.”

Shenkay Karokhail, the chairman of Fight Against Breast Cancer Institution is a mother and a political woman who found that she had cancer two years ago.

“Cancer is a serious disease, the Ministry of Public Health, (MOPH) and the Afghan government should decide to invest in the fight against this disease,” Karokhail said.

Jamhureyat hospital is the only treatment center for breast cancer which has been treated more than 255 cases this year.

Zabiullah Stanikzai, head of the detection of cancerous diseases department said, “There would be a 90 percent possibility for the treatment, if the disease is diagnosis on time.”

Afghan women in most provinces of the country simply cannot go to the doctor, their family traditions and values separate them from physicians and pharmacists.

According to reports, Afghan rural women diagnosis with the breast cancer have simply lost lives by this disease.

Breast cancer is caused by growth of abnormal cells outside the norm in the breast.

The disease is the most common cancer among women and is one of the most treatable ones.

Reported by Farahnaz Forotan