On the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8, the Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) conducted a nationwide cervical and breast cancer screening camps for the female police staff, female members of police families, traffic police, railway police and CRPF families who were between the age group of 30 - 65 years across the country. In Mumbai, the centres were set up at Prabhadevi, Fort, Bandra, Navi Mumbai, Vikhroli, Mira Road, Kandivali, Charni Road and Parel.
The camp was conducted at over 350 centres through 210 of FOGSIs 258 affiliated societies Talking about the same President of FOGSI Dr. Alpesh Gandhi said, “The objective is to cover nearly one lakh women in the reproductive age group who are in the police force, CRPF and our army- who are working tirelessly under extreme conditions to serve the people of our country.”
“When women are diagnosed in the advanced stages, we cannot save them. We want to raise awareness that cervical cancer is preventable and that it is crucial for women to go for cancer screening every 3-5 years between 40-65 years of age." Gandhi added.
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Currently, breast and cervical cancers are two of the leading types of cancers affecting Indian women. Approximately more than 80000 women die because of breast cancer in India every year. The estimated new cases of cervical cancer, India stands second to China with 96,922 new cases but it is first in mortality with 68,000 reported deaths in 2017.
Breast cancer is detectable with a regular self-breast examination, sonography and mammography. Cervical cancer in the reproductive age group may be screened with VIA (visual inspection with acetic acid) method and peri-menopausal women with pap smear tests.
Patients with suspicious or positive reports will be referred to volunteer public or private cancer hospitals or volunteer laboratories who are ready to provide free services for further confirmation and further management.
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