Check today if your breasts are healthy?

October 20 is the All-Ukrainian Day against Breast Cancer. On this occasion, a press conference of oncologists took place today at the Interfax news agency. On October 20, on the All-Ukrainian Day against Breast Cancer, an oncologist will conduct a free consultation at the Kiev Health Center from 11:00 to 16:00 (address of the Kiev Health Center - Degtyarevskaya St., 25, tel.: (044) 483-96 -00).

In the future, free appointments with an oncologist will be held on the 20th, once every 2 months, at the Kiev Health Center. This is one of the components of the social initiative “Attention to yourself will save your life,” which was initiated by the Kiev Health Center and the Association of Customers and Producers of Social Advertising with the support of the National Cancer Institute, the LISOD Oncology Clinic and the Yaspis advertising agency.

The experience of European countries and the United States shows that today breast cancer can be diagnosed at an early stage, which means the disease can be successfully combated. According to the US Cancer Institute, if breast cancer is detected early, 98.1% of women can be cured.

“The likelihood of any woman developing breast cancer in her lifetime is approximately 12%, meaning one in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Fighting this disease is the task of the entire healthcare network. Many women are ready to die rather than lose their breasts. This stereotype needs to be changed, because now in the treatment of breast cancer it is possible to save the breast,” said Grigory Bernshtein, chief oncologist at the LISSOD clinic.