Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- Healthy lifestyle is crucial to prevent cancer and other chronic diseases, Health and Family Welfare Adviser Nurjahan Begum said on Monday.

"The number of cancer patients in our country is increasing every day including cases of breast cancer. We must change our food habits and become more health-conscious," she said while speaking at an event marking Breast Cancer Awareness Day at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the capital.

Highlighting the importance of early detection and treatment, the adviser stressed the need to train and deploy more specialist doctors across the country. "We must produce enough specialist doctors so that cancer awareness and treatment can reach people in every district." ...