Five hundred women have benefited from a free-breast-cancer screening in Ilorin, in order to curb its prevalence.
The Medical Director of Lifefount Hospital, Ilorin, Dr. Yemisi Adeyeye, told reporters that there was need for women to be aware of the existence of the disease at its early stage.
She said this is because women are usually the most affected victims and their early awareness of its existence in their breasts will lead to a cancer-free society.
According to report the three-day medical outreach was organised by the hospital in collaboration with the African Research Group for Oncology.
Adeyeye advised women to always embark on self-breast examinations through frequent checks of their breasts for lumps and other strange features around their breasts.
She advised women who are still menstruating to check their breast between the seventh and the tenth day after menstruation, and the reason for this is because the breast will not be as bulky as they used to be in the rest days of the month.
The medical director advised women from 40 years and above to do mammography at least once in a year, while those below 40 years should do breast ultra sound.
She said but for the free medial outreach, it would have cost each of the beneficiaries between N50,000 and N60,000 to do a breast-cancer screening.