The Executive Director of the King Abdullah Medical Complex in Jeddah, the supervisor of King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah, Hamad Al-Dhuaila, opened the Breast Cancer Awareness Forum organized by King Fahd Hospital, on the morning of yesterday (Monday) 3 Muharram. This came in the presence of the Director General of the Hospital, Dr. Hani Goukhdar, the Deputy Director of the Hospital, Dr. Muhammad Qarout, and the Head of the Hospital Diseases and Breast Surgery Unit, Dr. Mona Baslim. Forum activities will continue until today (Wednesday) 5 Muharram.
Participated in the activities of the forum, the National Guard Hospital in Jeddah, King Fahd Military Hospital, and King Abdulaziz University represented in the Sheikh Al-Amoudi Chair for Breast Cancer, Princess Noura Cancer Center, in addition to the Nutrition Department and the Social Service Department in the hospital headed by Professor Talal Al-Nashiri, and the Committee for Communicating and Educating Employees at the Hospital King Fahd headed by Dr. Amal Sultan.
After the inauguration, Hamad Al-Dhuaila '', Dr. Hani Joukhdar and the accompanying students toured all the departments participating in the forum, praising the efforts made to make this educational event a success.
Al-Dhwaila emphasized that “community education and awareness affects positively in the early detection of this disease, which increases the chances of treatment and helps to heal, God Almighty’s permission.” He also expressed his appreciation for Dr. Mona Salem’s distinguished efforts in combating breast cancer disease in modern and different therapeutic methods and wished her lasting success. .
For his part, Dr. Hani Joukhdar explained that King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah is one of the hospitals that is distinguished and concerned with treating breast cancer, and before that the early detection of treatment and appropriate surgical intervention.
For her part, Dr. Mona Bassalem thanked all the attendees and participants in the activities of this awareness forum, pointing out that «this forum comes within the framework of the social responsibility of the hospital to raise the level of awareness about the disease among all members of society and its groups, and to clarify the importance of early detection of this disease that leads to recovery From him, God willing.
Dr. Naglaa Azhar, consultant to breast cancer surgery at Al-Askari Hospital in Jeddah, organized by King Fahd Hospital this conference, confirming that there are currently various surgeries available, and that not every patient diagnosed with breast cancer will undergo a complete mastectomy, indicating that this is subject to several factors Including early detection, the age of the patient, the extent of the disease, and the number of its spread, depending on the treatment plan reviewed by the patient''s doctor.
For his part, Doctor Presenter explained Dr. Marwan Al-Marwani, Consultant of Breast Radiology and Intervention at Al-Askari Hospital in Jeddah, said that breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in the Kingdom and all countries of the world, stressing the importance of early examination.
He pointed out that long studies during the past thirty years in the Kingdom showed that 75% of cases diagnosed with breast cancer were for women under the age of fifty, and are diagnosed at later stages, calling on women to see a specialist when feeling something abnormal in the breast, indicating that the discovery of the disease in Its start will lead to recovery from a very high rate of up to 100% and not 99% if it is in the zero stage or the first stage ..
Al-Marwani added that the world has witnessed a development in the field of rays that helps very quickly in reaching the results, noting that tests are still being conducted for those under forty with ultrasound and over forty mammograms to examine them, as mammograms contribute to the discovery of tumors by 70% To 90%.
It is worth noting that a clinic for early detection of breast cancer was provided free of charge to the attendees on the sidelines of the forum.
