Breast Cancer Awareness: ‘Early detection is the best protection,’ says expert

A staggering number of 1.5 lakh women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in India while more than 50% of them come in late stage and India sees almost 70,000 women dying of breast cancer every year. Pointing to these cancer fast facts, Dr Ramesh Maturi asserted that ‘early detection is the best protection’ while stating that ‘when they come in stage 4, it becomes difficult to cure.’