Rangpur, Oct. 31 -- Breast cancer cases in Rangpur are increasing at an alarming rate, with 102 out of 267 cancer patients who underwent surgery in the last five months diagnosed with the disease, doctors at Rangpur Medical College (RMC) said Thursday.

"Many women are dying because they do not receive timely treatment," doctors said at a seminar titled "Awareness on Breast Cancer" organized by RMC's Surgery Department at Lecture Gallery-1.

Dr. Samiha Tasnim Munmun, consultant of the Surgery Department, presented hospital data showing that from April to September this year, 1,137 patients visited RMC's Breast Clinic with breast problems.

Among them, 54 were diagnosed with breast cancer where 42 in advanced stages (stage 3 or 4).

"Among...