Awareness Forum at King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah
The Executive Director of King Abdullah Medical Complex in Jeddah, the supervisor of King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah, Hamad Al-Dhawai '', inaugurated 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 general director of the hospital, Dr. Hani Joukhadar, the deputy director of the hospital, Dr. Muhammad Qarout, and the head of the breast diseases and surgery unit at the hospital, Dr. Mona Baslim. The forum’s activities will continue until today (Wednesday) 5 Muharram.
The National Guard Hospital in Jeddah, King Fahd Military Hospital, and King Abdulaziz University, represented by Sheikh Al-Amoudi Chair for Breast Cancer, Princess Nourah Cancer Center, in addition to the Nutrition Department and the Social Service Department at the hospital headed by Professor Talal Al-Nashiri, and the Staff Communication and Awareness Committee at the Hospital participated in the activities of the forum. King Fahd headed by Dr. Amal Sultan.
After the opening, Hamad Al Dhawlaa, Dr. Hani Joukhadar and his companions toured all the departments participating in the forum, praising the efforts made to make this awareness forum a success.
Al-Dhawla''a affirmed that “educating and educating the community positively affects 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 Basleem''s distinguished efforts in combating breast cancer by modern and different therapeutic methods and wished her lasting success. .
For his part, Dr. Hani Joukhadar said that King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah is one of the hospitals that is distinguished and interested in treating breast cancer, and before that, early detection of treatment and appropriate surgical intervention.
For her part, Dr. Mona Bassim thanked all attendees and participants in the activities of this awareness forum, pointing out that “this forum comes within the framework of the hospital’s social responsibility to raise 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 it, God willing. ”
Dr. praised. Naglaa Azhar, consultant breast cancer surgeon at Al Askari Hospital in Jeddah, organized this conference at King Fahd Hospital, confirming that different surgeries are currently available, and that not every patient diagnosed with breast cancer will undergo a complete mastectomy, indicating that this is subject to several factors These include early detection, the patient’s age, the extent of the disease’s spread, and the number of its spread, all of which depend on the treatment plan reviewed by the patient’s physician.
For his part, Dr. Presenter explained. Marwan Al Marwani, consultant mammogram 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 over 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 they are diagnosed in late stages, calling on women to meet the specialist doctor when feeling something abnormal in the breast, indicating that the disease was discovered in Its beginning will lead to a very high rate of recovery of up to 100%, not 99% if it is in stage zero or first stage ..
Al-Marwani added that the world has witnessed a development in the field of radiology that helps very quickly in reaching results, indicating that examinations are still performed for those under forty with ultrasound as well as over forty mammograms, 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.
