Umm al-Khair Abdullah Abu al-Khair, head of the adult oncology department in the King Abdulaziz Medical City in the National Guard, invited doctors to attend the symposium held by the King Abdulaziz Medical City in the National Guard for the second year in a row at the Marriott Hotel in Riyadh on January 16 and 17. With the participation of a number of local and international doctors, in cooperation with the Organizing Committee of the Breast Cancer Conference.
The head of the scientific committee, Dr. Umm Al-Khair, confirmed that the symposium will shed light on the most important presentation of the 30th International Conference on Breast Cancer, which was held from December 13 to 16, 2007 in the state of Texas, USA, with the presence of (8,500 people of different nationalities). And through which the most important conference was presented during the past thirty years and discussed studies and methods of diagnosing the disease and risk factors in addition to the most important developments related to hormonal, chemical, radiological and surgical treatment. She stated that the factors that show the response of the person with the disease to treatment will be examined through a number of lectures.
Dr. Umm Al-Khair also emphasized the ineffectiveness of self-examination for breast cancer in most cases, as there is no study proving this, and self-examination is one of the factors of early examination, but the examination with a mammogram is the most important as the self-examination cannot detect some tumors that cause damage in Breasts are difficult to detect.
Umm Al-Khair emphasized the importance of early detection, noting that it is possible to detect breast cancer before it becomes a tumor, indicating that the rays do not harm and do not cause laziness in the work of the gland, pointing out that most women have lymph nodes under the armpits and this may happen due to hair removal or otherwise, but this The tumor is of the benign type that does not scare, God willing.
She added that there is a big difference between fat clumping and tumors, noting the possibility of a small breast under the armpit that grows during pregnancy.
Concerning prevention methods, Umm al-Khair emphasized that early detection is the first key to success, and the factors causing cancer, the quality and methods of nutrition, and sports should be taken into account. In general, there are no specific ways to prevent or prevent cancer.
One of the studies indicated that the rate of breast cancer in recent years has decreased due to people''s awareness of not taking the hormone replacement hormone and that the death rate from breast cancer has decreased a lot in the United States and 70% of the cases that are discovered in America are in the first primary stage, while 50% of the cases we have It detects in the third stage and above.
It is noteworthy that the symposium receives participants and registration on phone number (2520088 ext - 45449/45442) fax (2520088 ext - 45447) or on the e-mail:
