A breast cancer seminar will be 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Arnett Room at Covenant Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 4000 24th St.
Hosted by Covenant’s Joe Arrington Cancer Research and Treatment Center, this free seminar aims to teach patients and caregivers how to cope with diagnosis, treatment and recovery, states a news release.
Participants will learn how the brain processes the six stages of the Change Cycle. The stages include loss, doubt, discomfort, discovery, understanding and integration.
Also in Karachi Pakistan--Ufone recently arranged a seminar for its female employees highlighting the alarming increase in the rate of breast cancer patients in Pakistan. The seminar was conducted in collaboration with Pink Ribbon Pakistan and underlined the importance to significantly reduce breast cancer mortality in the country by creating widespread awareness on early detection and increased access to treatment.
Pink Ribbon Campaign Pakistan is a project of Women Empowerment Group (WEG). The Campaign aims at imparting awareness about the high danger of breast cancer in Pakistani women.
Pakistan has the highest rate of Breast Cancer amongst all Asian countries and the numbers are alarming as every 9th woman in Pakistan is at high risk of getting Breast
Cancer at some point in her life, leading to over 40,000 deaths every year.
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