AMMAN — Director-General of the
King Hussein Cancer Center Asem Mansour said on Monday that the rate of recovery for
patients diagnosed with stage one or two breast cancer in Jordan has reached 90
percent, which puts Jordan on par with developed countries, according to
Al-Mamlaka TV.
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HRH Princess Ghida Talal, chairperson of the Board
of Trustees of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and King Hussein Cancer
Center, launched the seventh annual Arab Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign, held
this year under the slogan “A scan for life: Get checked”. The campaign aims to
spread awareness about breast cancer and the importance of early detection,
which greatly increases chances of survival and better treatment results.
The King Hussein Cancer Center indicated that in
cases involving early detection the rate of recovery is 95 percent.
Princess Ghida called “on every woman in the Arab world to
think of her health first, and not hesitate to get a mammogram”, which could
help save her life, on her official Facebook page.
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