Awareness programme on breast cancer
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, November 21
Breast cancer is most common diagnosed malignancy in women and cause of cancer-related deaths. Lifetime risk of developing breast cancer before the age 75 is very high and chance of dying is also very high. In India, the commonest age group of patients for breast cancer is 40 to 60 years and it is the second most common disease in women next only to cancer cervix. But in urban-based population like Mumbai, New Delhi and Bangalore, it is the number one disease, constituting about 15 to 20 per cent of total cancer patients.

The faculty of Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation comprising Dr Satish Jain, Medical Director-cum-Chief of Surgery and Surgical Oncology along with Dr Raman Arora, Chief of Medicine and Medical Oncology and Dr Arvind Verma, Head, Department of Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, addressed the gynaecologists of Ludhiana on the various aspects of breast cancer awareness and treatment modalities here recently. Dr Kumkum Awasthi, Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, was the chief guest.

This programme is one of the first among 19 other such programmes to be conducted all over India in the coming months, Dr Satish Jain said.

Guru Hargobind school hockey team felicitated
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Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 21
Members of the Hockey team of Guru Hargobind Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Mandi Bahadur garh, have been felicitated at a function organised on the school campus.

Appreciating the performance of the team, Mr Surjit Singh, Principal of the school, said the team defeated strong teams of Amritsar and Jalandhar districts in super league matches at Panjab school games held at Faridkot recently. Match with Surjit Academy ended in a draw.

Mr Chamkaur Singh, coach of the team, said five players of the team had been selected for playing in the state team at national games to be held in December. He said, “It is a matter of pride for school that its players have equalled Surjit Academy which has produced hockey stars like Gagan Ajit Singh and Jugraj Singh.”

PAU association to promote sports
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Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 21
Dr Sanjiv Ahluwalia, Chairman, PAU Family Association of British Columbia, Canada, has said Association will strive hard to bring all overseas university alumni under one umbrella and concentrate on development of sports and science in the state. The association has also offered to collaborate with the university on any project aimed to eradicate illiteracy and drug addiction while talking to Ludhiana Tribune, Dr Ahluwalia, a scientist at hydroxye system, INC, Sidney, said the association had decided to honour and assist Mr Kanwaldeep Singh, a hockey player, after a story depicting woes of his parents was published in The Tribune.

The association presented a draft worth Rs 2 lakh to the mother of the Indian hockey team goalkeeper, at a felicitation function held at Wheat Auditorium, PAU Campus, recently.