of breast cancer

The Director General of Health Affairs in Al-Qassim Region stressed the importance of early screening for breast cancer for all women in order to avoid breast tumors, God forbid ... and affirmed that his administration has spared no effort and will not spare any effort to support the executive programs and awareness raising and health education for various segments of society in addition to providing medical and health care for all .. The supervisor of the breast unit in the program, Professor Abeer Al-Matari, and the program''s specialist, Dr. Ghada Farouk, from King Fahd Specialist Hospital, attended in his mail the international medical conference for discussing developments in breast cancer diseases, which was opened by Dr. Sami Badawood on 11/10/2011 AD at the Intercontinental Hotel in Jeddah, which lasted for three days under the auspices of the Directorate of Health Affairs In Jeddah Governorate, with the participation of King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in the National Guard and the organization of the Medical Professional Company.

Professor Abeer also stated that this international medical conference discussed many developments in everything related to breast cancer, indicating that lecturers from both the United States of America and Canada were invited to talk about the medical survey of breast tumors. Dr. Langawi indicated that the conference will include a group of scientific lectures presented by 3 scientific sessions per day from eight in the morning until five in the afternoon, in which a group of distinguished Saudi female consultant doctors in this field will attend:

Such as Prof. Dr. Asma Al-Dabbagh, Consultant Radiology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah

And Prof. Dr. Fatima Al-Melhem, Consultant Radiology, University of Dammam

And Dr. Samia Al-Amoudi from King Abdulaziz University

And Dr. Fatina El-Tahan is a consultant radiologist at King Fahd National Guard Hospital in Riyadh

Dr. Iman Baroum is a consultant and head of the radiology department at King Abdulaziz Hospital in Jeddah

In addition to the guests coming from America and Canada, Langawi pointed out that the conference aims to introduce radiologists, residents, students and radiologists to the latest scientific and technical means in early detection of breast tumors and x-ray examination, as well as how to take samples and tissue biopsies using medical scanning devices for breast tumors ((mammogram) ), Ultrasound ((ultrasound)) and magnetic resonance imaging