{"id":21643,"date":"2026-10-23T20:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T20:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/islamabad-dho-urges-women-to-prioritise-breast-cancer-screening\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T20:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T20:13:14","slug":"islamabad-dho-urges-women-to-prioritise-breast-cancer-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/islamabad-dho-urges-women-to-prioritise-breast-cancer-screening\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamabad DHO Urges Women To Prioritise Breast Cancer Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The District Health Officer (DHO) Islamabad, while addressing a breast cancer awareness session, underlined the need to promote awareness among women about breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the occasion, the DHO said timely diagnosis, regular screening and prompt treatment are essential to reducing complications of the disease and improving treatment outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was important to create awareness among women about symptoms of breast cancer, early detection and the need to seek timely medical advice regarding their health.<\/p>\n<p>The DHO urged women to give priority to their health, undergo medical examination in case of any suspected symptom and seek guidance from qualified medical experts.<\/p>\n<p>The awareness session was held in connection with Pinktober, the breast cancer awareness month observed in October. The session aimed to raise public understanding about breast cancer and inform women about the importance of timely diagnosis and treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The District Health Officer Islamabad stressed timely diagnosis, regular screening and prompt treatment during a Pinktober breast cancer awareness session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":21642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}