Shola Adebanjo felt an unusual growth in her left breast while taking a shower and did not dismiss it. Doctors told her that by discovering the pre-cancerous growth early, she had reduced her chances of being diagnosed with breast cancer later in life by 80 per cent.
Adebanjo had the lump removed at the age of 20.Her physicians said if she had waited, instead of removing just the lump, they would have had the whole breast cut off.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. It is also the principal cause of death from cancer among women globally.
According to worldwide cancer statistics, about 1.5 million women were told they had cancer of the breast in 2011. Current statistics suggest that one in eight women would have breast cancer.
