A cancer screening campaign on the sidelines of the Senology Congress

A breast and cervical cancer screening campaign was recently organised at the Mohammed VI Hospital in Tangier as part of the twelfth edition of the Franco-Maghrebian Higher Course on Senology. "Targeted therapies in breast cancers" is the theme of this congress which brought together some 400 doctors from all four corners of the Kingdom, as well as from Tunisia, Algeria, and France. The day dedicated to screening, organised on the sidelines of the event, benefited more than 1,000 women who were examined by around forty doctors."In parallel with the screening operations, we were able to operate on 6 patients with cancer. Likewise, more than 400 smears were performed and more than 200 ultrasounds and 100 mammograms were carried out during this day. It should also be noted that people with cancer will be treated free of charge by the Al Azhar Oncology Centre," Dr Faouzi Habib, founder of t…