Breast cancer leading cause of deaths in Pakistani women

KARACHI - In Pakistan, breast cancer is becoming the leading cause of cancer deaths among women. The fatality rate among breast cancer sufferers is much higher in Pakistan than other Asian country. Contrary to international studies, young women, usually aged between 20 to 35 years, are more frequently reporting with breast cancers, that too at delayed stages, to hospitals in Karachi.Professor Naheed Sultan, Dean of Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences, told APP on Tuesday that girls and

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