Sri Lanka, Oct. 17 -- Every year, October is considered as the Global Breast Cancer Awareness Month or 'Pink Month' and in line with this, a special awareness session on breast cancer prevention and related programmes was held in Parliament for the Women Parliamentarians' Caucus recently.

This meeting was held under the patronage of MP Samanmali Gunasingha, who was temporarily appointed as Chairperson of the Caucus due to the overseas engagement of the Caucus Chairperson, Minister Saroja Savithri Paulraj. At the session, the Director of the National Cancer Control Programme, along with other medical professionals, briefed the Women Parliamentarians' Caucus on breast cancer prevention.

They highlighted that breast cancer is the most comm...