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JEDDAH – Nearly 700 girls from 54 private girls’ schools in Jeddah, who were selected to be breast cancer national awareness ambassadors, visited a photo and documentary exhibition on breast cancer at King Abdulaziz University (KAU) in Jeddah Tuesday. The breast cancer awareness program has been organized by Jeddah private schools and Sheikh Muhammad Hussain Al-Amoudi Endowed Chair Fund for Breast Cancer at KAU.The exhibition was designed to teach the visiting student ambassadors how to save lives by increasing awareness of breast cancer through education and encouraging an early detection plan to increase chances of surviving breast cancer.When breast cancer is found early, the 5-year survival rate is 98 percent, according to recent research information presented in the exhibition, with mammograms being among the best early detection methods. One in eight women are prone to be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.The students were alerted to the inherited dangers in ignoring or keeping quite about this deadly disease.The exhibition was attended by Olfat Qabani, director of social affairs at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) and Dr. Samia Al-Amoudi, supervisor of the Breast Cancer Chair Fund at KAU.At the end of the exhibition, scholarly papers on breast cancer from KAU received awards of appreciation. – Okaz/SGhttp://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2008120323634&archiveissuedate=03/12/2008

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