By Own Correspondent| Dr Thokozani Khupe’s Cancer Foundation is set to hold a breast cancer awareness walk on October 27 2018 in a move at raising awareness on early detection of breast cancer.

Below is the full statement by Dr Khupe:

THOKOZANI KHUPE CANCER FOUNDATION Breast Cancer Awareness Walk, 27 October 2018, at 10:30 am at the Bulawayo City Hall Car Park.

The THOKOZANI KHUPE CANCER FOUNDATION will hold a breast cancer awareness walk in Bulawayo on the 27th of October, 2018. The walk will start promptly at 10:30 am at the Bulawayo City Hall car park and end at the same venue after a kilometre or two of walking in town.

Early detection of cancer saves lives!

The sad reality is that in Africa women only discover that they have breast cancer or any other cancers when the disease is already in its later stages 3 or 4, by which time chances of survival would have been greatly reduced.

The TKCF encourages all women to be breast cancer aware by continuously feeling their breast so that they would detect anything unusual and to get timely necessary treatment. As women self-examine their breast, some of the early signs of breast cancer to look out for include having a lump in one’s breast, a painful breast or armpit, or a discharge from the nipple. However, self-examination of breast cancer symptoms does not replace one’s regular visits to the doctor for a mammogram test where possible.

October being breast cancer awareness month, also referred to as Pink October, all participants in the march are request to be dressed in pink. Meanwhile the invitation is for all women and men because men can also suffer from breast cancer.

Issued by the THOKOZANI KHUPE CANCER FOUNDATION
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