Country needs women technologists,oncologist and surgeon to end breast cancer.

KARACHI -- Efforts to raise awareness about timely diagnosis of breast cancer needed to be urgently complimented with easy availability of trained professionals to treat breast cancers for good.

Experts talking to reporter Wednesday appreciated the gesture to celebrate October as the month of raising public awareness about"Breast Cancer," a largely treatable condition through timely interventions.

"This must, however, be supplemented by capacity building of women professionals right from technicians, technologists,oncologist to surgeons to efficiently manage the ailment mainly affecting womenfolk," said Dr. Abdul Bari, CEO, The Indus Hospital.

The facility providing wide range of medical treatment services free of cost to the marginalized sections of the country would also run an updated oncology unit catering according the needs of patients suffering from cancer of varied categories.

Breast Cancer that mainly established to be a disease peculiar to women, also do effect around two percent of male population in our country.

Non availability and lack of easy availability of trained professionals for local women who due to cultural inhibitions and social taboo were reluctant to approach male doctors even for necessary investigations were recorded to have triggered the situation in terms of essential diagnosis and consequent treatment, if required.

"Female patients are largely registered to keep to themselves their condition related to breast cancers, along with possible malignancies related to their private parts, hence turning the otherwise treatable conditions to literally terminal diseases," regretted Dr. Hamda Mushfiq.

Dr. Abida Sattar, associated with Aga Khan University Hospital, mentioning that young women have been recorded to be reaching with third and fourth stage of diseases due to delayed referral, said the...