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Why Are Women Still Refusing Mammograms?

Sumitra Selvaraj, Assistant General Manager, Breast Cancer Welfare Association Malaysia (BCWA) | Jeovelyn Samoya, Community Outreach Nurse, Breast Cancer Welfare Association Malaysia (BCWA)

07-Oct-25 16:00

Why Are Women Still Refusing Mammograms?

Over the years, we’ve improved leaps and bounds when it comes to awareness of breast cancer and the data on women diagnosed early with breast cancer seems to be proof of that. In spite of that, it’s still not unheard of for women to decline to do mammograms. But why? And what does this tell us about how we can continue breast cancer awareness programmes? In conjunction with Pink October, we speak to Sumitra Selvaraj, assistant general manager, and Jeovelyn Samoya, community outreach nurse, both from Breast Cancer Welfare Association Malaysia (BCWA), to find out how we can turn breast cancer awareness into breast cancer action. 


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Image Credit: Breast Cancer Welfare Association Malaysia

Produced by: Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Lim Sue Ann


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Categories:  managing diseasehealth policy

Tags:  clinical breast examinationthe bigger picturehealth & livingbreast cancermammogramsnon-communicable diseasescreeningpink october





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