Women should regularly perform a breast self-examination every month to look for abnormalities, the Department of Medical Services (DMS) said as it raises breast cancer awareness.
Somsak Akksilp, director-general of the DMS, on Sunday said breast cancer is a common type of cancer found in Thai women.
Citing Public Health Ministry data, he said that last year, about 18,000 Thai women had breast cancer and about 4,800 died from the disease.
The tendency of Thai women to develop breast cancer is rising, and there may be 22,000 new patients next year, he said.
Dr Somsak added that breast cancer is one of the most worrying public health problems across the world.
The World Health Organization said there are approximately 2.3 million new patients worldwide and about 685,000 people die from it per year, he said.
“It is still unclear what causes breast cancer, but now…
