Breast should be respected as a normal body part and looked beyond as being a sexual part only. It is only when we can look past the inhibitions that restrict us, will we be able to look out for support and breathe freely.
Breast cancer is a type of cancer that can be cured if diagnosed early. Let’s be aware of our own body and get the screenings on time.
Let’s all pledge today to do our self-breast exam every month and urge our loved ones to do the same as early diagnosis can save lives and families.

The statistics of breast cancer are frightening, but this also inspires us that there should be no shortage in the effort to reduce them. Instead of treatment, the focus should be on screening and awareness, younger generation should get information about preventable diseases from schools and colleges itself, so that the coming generation becomes aware of diseases and the burden of diseases in India is reduced. Fear is an important factor that prevents women from screening and necessary checkups, efforts should be made to reduce this fear. Stigma and sham are also two barriers that are major barriers to breast cancer screening. Meri Maa Swasth Maa is a campaign in which both mother and daughter are educated about cancer. This program inspires an open discussion in which we get rid of the barrier of shame in talking openly about diseases in the family.
The most important aspect of the battle against breast cancer is awareness, education and screening. Prevention and early detection should be aimed as most breast cancer cases are diagnosed at later stages in India leading to poor treatment outcomes. Even educated and affluent women don't go for screening test like mammography and don't do BSE (Breast Self exam). We at Can Protect Foundation have been promoting BSE and screening via various health camps, training programs for health workers like ASHA, ANM na Nurses, workshop in schools and our free android app called Canapp. As more and more younger women are getting this disease it's important to educate youth.

In India, breast cancer has surpassed cancers of the cervix and the oral cavity to be the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer deaths. Clinical breast examination and mammography are screening methods for breast cancer. Although breast cancer screening cannot prevent breast cancer, it can help find breast cancer early, when it is easier to treat. Early Detection for Your Protection.

According to the World Health Organisation, Breast cancer is presently the most common form of cancer worldwide. It is the most common cancer in
women in India and accounts for 14% of all cancers in women. Reducing the risk of breast cancer through behavioural choices and related interventions are important messages that
need to be spread far and wide. Early detection of breast cancer holds the key to ensuring 100% 5year survival rate. My talk will revolve around the important aspect of prevention and early detection of breast cancer.

Like a car which has to be serviced periodically and provided with quality fuel for efficiency, our body has to be detoxified and provided with right nutrition & conditions to PREVENT, TREAT AND REVERSE chronic diseases.

“Love Yourself, Save Yourself! Please don’t turn the blind eye towards any unusual messages/ alarms from your own body. Keep self-health on the top priority, just as any other urgent matter. If we are fine, our families will be fine.

“My heart sinks when I encounter women & men with advanced-stage Breast Cancer, with the expression – ‘wish I knew any abnormalities in the Breast could be cancer’. 1 in 8 women can have Breast Cancer in their lifetime and the incidence is alarmingly increasing worldwide. Unfortunately, the death rate is significantly higher in India compared to the Developed world due to taboo, ignorance, and lack of awareness leading to late detection. Men have Breasts too and most Men with Breast Cancer seem to have experiences of shock and subsequent embarrassment, battling the “stigma” of having a predominantly woman’s disease. Let us break the culture of enforced embarrassment and openly discuss Breast health. Let us strive together in our journey against Breast cancer by coming out of the stigma and awkwardness of using the word Breast. If we come together, we can show the world that we can fight Breast Cancer with pride and dignity.”