MAMMOCARE
- AN AWARENESS AND EARLY DETECTION BREAST CANCER PROGRAMME
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THE PROBLEM
Breast
cancer is a disease which affects women almost exclusively with
99% of all cases being women. It is established that being a woman,
advancing in age, is the major risk factor for the disease. The
average age for diagnosis has been established at 48 years and,
indeed, usually diagnosed at 39 years in women who are still menstruating.
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The incidence
in Ghana of the disease has been estimated at 50-70 cases for every
100,000 women. The post-treatment survival rate is very low due to the
low level of awareness, late detection, and high cost of treatment.
Indeed breast cancer has claimed some of Ghana's most illustrious women.
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THE SOLUTION
MAMMOCARE
has been established as a Non-Governmental Organisation to provide breast
cancer awareness services and to serve as an information, screening
and treatment resource centre. The centre adopts a more cost effective
and life saving approach. The major thrust of the work of MAMMOCARE
is to provide:
2.1 Breast
cancer awareness programmes
2.4 Early
detection
2.2 Financial
support for treatment
2.3 Examination
and follow up
Contact
us
for additional information. Your kind donation
would be highly appreciated.

HIGHLIGHTS ON BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH ACTIVITIES, CONDUCTED BY MAMMOCARE GHANA, SUPPORTED BY BREASTHOPEGHANA; OCTOBER 2004
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A CROSS-SECTIONAL VIEW OF BREAST CANCER IN GHANA, DATA FROM MAMMOCARE GHANA OCTOBER 2001.
COMPILED BY F. N. GHARTEY JNR.
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