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Breast
Cancer – the second highest cancer to affect Indian women –
is on the rise. There are about 80,000 new breast cancer cases detected
every year in India, and it is estimated that one out of every 20 urban
women and one out of every 50 rural women will contract this disease.
October 2002 heralded a new beginning for PASSAGES in the area of large-scale public awareness for CANCER HEALTH. |
 Distribution
of Awareness and Educational information related to cancer. Public Service
Message through a documentary aired on television nationwide. Medical
aid through a Medicine Bank provided to patients of Municipal and Government
hospitals. Support
Group services within Bombay Hospital premises. Research
on Socialogical impact of Cancer with in the family. |