Madam Juliet Gyamfi (left) demonstrating how to wear prosthetis after masectomy

The Founder of Breast Love Foundation, a local non-governmental organisation has admonished individuals not to associate the cause of breast cancer with witchcraft and apply anointing oil on their breasts to cure the disease.

Madam Juliet Gyamfi, a Prosthetic Nurse and Breast Cancer advocate told The Spectator during an interview that cancer was a very serious condition illness with devastating outcomes on the patient.

She emphasised that, breast cancer should on no grounds be associated with superstition because the medical condition according to the World Health Organisation was likely to be found in one out of eight women, so early detection was always the key to treatment.

Madam Gyamfi advised Ghanaians to stop stigmatising and attributing spiritual issues to breast cancer patients and its survivors.

According to her women must be very attentive to any changes that occurred on any part of their body and report to a Physician as soon as possible in order to facilitate early treatment.

This, she said, would help in early diagnosis to be able to prevent any delay that has the tendency of causing more harm to the condition because early detection of a medical condition always saved life.

Touching on some lifestyle practices, she asked women to refrain from activities and habits that would affect their health and well-being and these she said were alcohol intake, smoking, not wearing the correct bra sizes, unhealthy eating habits among others.

She encouraged women to regularly check if they may find any lumps in their breasts and report the issue to a medical doctor for immediate treatment.

Madam Gyamfi who has been advocating on breast cancer prevention for five years under the “Breast Love Foundation” project, told diagnosed patients not to spend time in the church by applying anointing oil to treat breast cancer, instead they should undergo the needed treatment process prescribed by the doctor.

By Alfred Nii Arday Ankrah