Women urged to adopt the habit of self-breast examination

WOMEN should adopt the habit of regularly examination their own breasts, says Breast Cancer Survivor and Activist Betty Phiri.

Ms Phiri said examining the breast monthly was the best way of checking any defect in the breast.

“Ideally every woman should set one particular day aside just after completing their menstruation and perform the selfbreast examination,” Ms Phiri said.

She added that any unusual change detected in the breast should be reported to the health centres for further medical examination, as it would help treat the disease successfully.

Ms Phiri explained that the one of the symptoms of breast cancer was changes in the size of the breasts.

“For Example one breast becoming slightly bigger than normal, swollen, dimpled, discoloration of the breast and clear milk or bloody discharge in the breast suggests that a woman might have developed breast cancer and should seek medical attention,” she said.

She noted that breast cancer had become one of the most increasing diseases killing women in the country, urging women to take self- breast examination and breast cancer screening seriously.

Ms Phiri has also appealed to all stakeholders to continue creating awareness of the disease to help reduce the rate at which women were suffering from breast cancer.