combat cancer in Makkah.
Dr. Zainab Siddiq Abu Ruziza, a family medicine consultant and supervisor of the cancer control program in Makkah health, confirmed the establishment of a committee to combat and support cancer patients in Makkah in cooperation with the director of the Business Women Center at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Makkah, Dalal Kaaki, where a number of doctors, consultants and an elite participate Among businessmen, businesswomen and members of the teaching staff at Umm Al-Qura University, she explained that one of the most important goals of the public and modern awareness committee on cancer is to educate community members about this disease, adopt treatment for poor cancer patients, help and support patients and their families, inventory carcinogens in the markets, as well as contact with national and international cancer treatment centers and coordination The process of treating patients in these centers and following up on developments in cancer research and treatment. Dr. Zainab added that Makkah is the third Saudi city with a high incidence of breast cancer, as it urgently needs a voluntary supportive body to combat this disease, as is the rest of the Kingdom''s cities. She pointed out that the most prevalent type of cancer is breast cancer that affects women, where it represents 30% of all cancer diseases and the incidence of it among women is one woman for every eight women at some point in their lives.
