FLO Organises Cancer Awareness Walk

Hyderabad: FLO (FICCI Ladies Organisation) organised a Cancer Awareness Walk on the occasion of October being observed as Cancer Awareness Month. The walk was organised from the Botanical Garden to KIMS Kondapur on Wednesday morning. It was organised in partnership with KIMS Kondapur. A hundred FLO members with their family members walked five km holding placards creating awareness about cancer, early detection and so on.

As the incidence of cancer is increasing rapidly; it is important to step up cancer literacy and knowledge amongst the population. Awareness and early detection are the only way forward, said Priya Gazdar, Chairperson of FLO. Everyone who is diagnosed with cancer will witness fear, uncertainty and agony. The walk was aimed to assure such people that there is hope in terms of advanced treatment, caregivers, and support groups. It is not Cancer, but it is CanTogether, she said. Good health is the foundation for quality life, she added

The walk concluded at KIMS Kondapur, where Torn Curtains Theatre Group, one of the oldest theatre groups in Hyderabad led by Mala Pasha, performed a play, ‘Half Cup Full’ on cancer awareness. The play was about Breast Cancer Awareness, Breast Cancer Support Group and the inspiring journey of hope and determination.

Dr Shilpi Reddy of KIMS Hospital said breast cancer is assumed to be a disease of older women but it is not so. The average age of people who are suffering from breast cancer is 35 years. Even men can also get breast cancer, she added. Early detection is the key for cure, observed many doctors, who spoke on the occasion.