This initiative underscores Polaris Bank’s unwavering commitment to women’s health and is part of the bank’s long-standing efforts and intervention to support breast cancer awareness behavioral change, advocacy and prevention in Nigeria.
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Bolarinwa reportedly made the invention known to the world in February 2022 by designing the prototype of the smart bra.
Olaosebikan stated this during a lecture on breast cancer, on Tuesday in Ibadan.
The Group Head of the Bank’s Strategic Brand Management, Nduneche Ezurike, made this known in Lagos. on Friday
The Bank’s Group Head of Strategic Brand Management, Nduneche Ezurike, made this known in Lagos on Monday.
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Aladenola gave the commendation on Wednesday while speaking at the 2021 Town Hall Meeting on Cervical Cancer held at the Idanre Local Government Secretariat, Owena, Ondo State.
This advice was given at a webinar organized by one of Nigeria’s leading Banks, Polaris Bank in Lagos. The event was part of activities lined up by the Bank to commemorate the breast cancer awareness month themed: “The Brave Conversations: Diagnosis and Remedy.”
The Medical Director, Optimal Cancer Foundation, Dr. Femi Olaleye, was the Guest Speaker at the awareness event.
The foundation’s health initiatives focus on breast cancer, prostate cancer, cervical cancer, malaria interventions, as well as maternal and child health.
The former Governor and First Lady of Kwara State will be sponsoring 80 mammograms for women aged 40 and above; 100 breast ultrasounds for women aged 40 and below; and 60 cervical pap smears to strengthen awareness that early detection and screening give patients the best chance at a successful treatment.
The roundtable, which was attended by two reputable medical professionals from Nigeria and Ghana, addressed local metastatic breast cancer incidence, how it is diagnosed, who is at risk, steps to take to fight breast cancer and set the right expectation, as well as the latest treatment advances.
The exercise, which will be conducted in all parts of the state, started with 200 women in Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area.
The wife of Ondo State Governor, and a 23-year-old survivor of breast cancer, revealed that most people then believed joining BRECAN was an invitation to be a victim of breast cancer.
The Kwara State Government on Wednesday flagged off a statewide free screening for cervical and breast cancer as part of the activities to commemorate the World Cancer Day and strengthen public awareness on the deadly disease.
Adeyemi disclosed that he recently treated a breast cancer patient without mastectomy (process of removing the breast because of cancer).
Habeebu, Head of Department, Radiotherapy, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, spoke at the 9th Symposium and Awards organised by the Health Writers Association of Nigeria in collaboration with Maximpact Communications in Lagos.
Obesity has been strongly related to breast cancer risk, but previous studies examining whether weight loss might reduce postmenopausal women’s risk resulted in mixed results.
Dr Jide Owolana, the Chief Medical Director, Living Standard Hospital, Benin, says about 50 per cent of Nigerian women are living with unknown breast cancer.
Using 2003-2013 claims from all U.S. Medicare nursing homes, UCSF researchers studied data of 5,969 women aged 67 and older who had lived in a nursing home for at least 90 days and who had undergone inpatient breast cancer surgery.