Over 50% Suspected Breast Cancer Cases Recorded At The Kaneshie Medical Centre

Medical Officer at the Kaneshie Medical Centre (KMC), Dr Obed Boamah, has disclosed that the facility recorded 50% to 60% of suspected breast cancer cases during a screening exercise for over 250 women last Friday.

According to Dr Boamah, those with suspicious cases were recommended to visit scanning centres depending on their proximity and later report back to the medical centre.

Additionally, he said the screening would allow them to determine who needed urgent attention based on the medical report after the scan.

Dr Boamah stated that illiteracy is a challenge in the fight against breast cancer as he highlighted that through his interaction with the women, it came to light that most of them had little or no knowledge about the disease.

Dr Boamah admonished intensified awareness creation by showing images of the disease on various media platforms, including broadcast, print and online media, and using a language that the women would understand.

He appealed to the government to include breast cancer screening such as mammograms and ultra-sound screening in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as most clients found it costly.

For his part, the Acting Head of Clinical Service at the KMC, Dr Seth KwabenaMawuena, lauded the organisers of the exercise, describing it as impressive considering the enthusiasm with which the women had received it.

He said through the exercise, breast cancer cases and other health-related cases that would have gone unnoticed had been detected with the appropriate medical assistance being offered.