Breast cancer survivor urges young Malaysian women to be vigilant


Afzan urges women and men to check their breasts always. ONG SOON HIN/The Star

No one in her family had ever been diagnosed with breast cancer. So, when Afzan Adziz’s doctor told her she had Stage 2 breast cancer, she was in shock. She was just 31 at the time and her youngest child was only a year old.

“I was still breastfeeding my daughter and that’s when I noticed the lump. When you are breastfeeding, you sometimes do develop tender lumps in the breast but this one seemed firmer, so I decided to get it checked.

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