Eleven cases diagnosed by Pink Caravan Ride
Early detection will help patients to effectively fight breast cancer, official says
Eleven positive cases of breast cancer were diagnosed during the 2018 Pink Caravan Ride, the panUAE breast cancer awareness campaign organised by Friends of Cancer Patients UAE.
From a total of nearly 8,000 screenings and clinical examinations, doctors and specialists referred the 11 women, aged between 30-62, for further examinations, which tested positive. Four of the 11 women were residents of Sharjah. Another four were from Ajman, while two reside in Dubai and the other in Ras Al Khaimah, demonstrating the effectiveness of the campaign across the emirates.
The 8th edition of the Pink Caravan Ride conducted 47 mammography tests at its mobile medical clinics, along with 254 mammography tests and 97 ultrasound examinations in partnership with private health care providers.
Two of the women who tested positive are in their early 60s, four in their mid-50s, four in their 40s and one is just 30 years old.
The results also showed a wide range of nationalities, with three Filipinos, two Sudanese, an Iraqi, a Jordanian, an Egyptian, a Moroccan, an Indian and a Palestinian, who are now receiving treatment.
This year’s Pink Caravan Ride was the most comprehensive to date, according to a statement, offering services to 687 more people than last year.
For the first time the Medical Awareness Committee kept a number of the fixed clinics operational for nine days after the campaign concluded, adding 2,635 extra check-ups to the final tally.
The total number of those who are being treated or who have been treated through the Pink Caravan is 54, including 12 women in 2017, five of whom have completed their therapy and are attending the Friends of Cancer Patients moral support events.
Since the Pink Caravan Ride began in 2011, more than 56,000 clinical examinations have taken place, 20 per cent of which have been men.