HEALTH MINISTER DR HAMAD AL-MANI HAS CALLED FOR INTENSIFICATION OF EFFORTS FOR SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL AWARENESS PROGRAM ON CANCEROUS TUMORS, BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE HEALTH MINISTRY. THE MINISTER UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE DANGERS CAUSED BY THESE DISEASES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING THE REQUIRED PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST THEM. THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR AWARENESS OF THE BREAST CANCER IS CURRENTLY CARRIED OUT BY THE HEALTH MINISTRY IN COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL "ROCHE" COMPANY AND "SANOFI" EVENTS. THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CAMPAIGN INCLUDES FREE EXAMINATION FOR BREAST CANCER. DR KHALID MARGHALANI, THE SUPERVISOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND AWARENESS AT THE HEALTH MINISTRY, SAID THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR COMBATING BREAST CANCER WILL BEGIN ON TUESDAY (OCTOBER 10) IN AL-KHOBAR AND OTHER CITIES WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR COMBATING TUMORS. DR MARGHALANI NOTED THAT THE BREAST CANCER OF WOMEN IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA AFTER THE CANCER OF THYROID GLAND AND LEUKEMIA. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE CANCER OF COLON AND RECTUM COMES AT THE FIFTH STAGE, AND IT IS FOLLOWED BY THE CANCER OF OVARIUM, LIVER, UTERUS, AND DIGESTIVE ORGAN, WHILE THE CANCER OF STOMACH COMES AT THE TENTH STAGE. DR AL-MARGHALANI ESTIMATED PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM BREAST CANCER AT THE WORLD LEVEL AT MORE THAN ONE MILLION. BUT AT THE KINGDOM'S LEVEL, THE NUMBER OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM THE CANCER OF BREAST IS ABOUT 1,157.
