Breast Services Envisaged
Breast diseases are a leading disorder of females world-wide. Breast cancer being at the top, benign disorders are encountered not infrequently. Breast screening services are an essential component of any facility claiming to foster Women’s Health and well-being.
Pakistan being one of the few countries in Asia with highest incidence of breast cancer, voids in in Research for in-depth study of this disorder imposes a moral obligation on health care services to delve into seeking novel/ existing risks contributing to high prevalence.
With ready access to the premises, both by patients and physicians, there emerges a need to modify its outward visage beyond therapeutic services. A major incentive to achieve this is non-financial, prorating time between clinical care, training and research. Henceforth Breast Services is foreseen to be not just a service providing surgical consultation and treatment, but establishing an excellent comprehensive program encompassing Awareness, Screening, MDT planning of Oncological care, Cancer Survivorship, Data Base for Research. Training is foreseen to be a visible entity both of Medical and Ancillary personnel.