TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – Data from the Indonesian Breast Cancer Foundation (YKPI), shows that breast cancer is one of the highest causes of death for women, not only in Indonesia but also worldwide.
Number of patients breast cancer in the world in 2020 reached 19.3 million cases with a death rate of up to 10 million people.
This number increased compared to 2018 which recorded 18.1 million (30.9%) cases with 9.6 million deaths.
Especially in Indonesia, YKPI 2020 mentioned for the estimation of cancer cases showed that breast cancer ranks first while for the death rate breast cancer ranks second after lung cancer.
“Be more diligent in checking your breasts, take care of your diet and if you have any complaints, don’t be afraid to go straight to the doctor,” said Rani Nur Firdausi, a cancer survivor when she visited the Merche.id office in commemoration of Pink October Day recently.
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Rani invites Indonesian women to be active and routinely check breast health to prevent and reduce cases breast cancer in Indonesia.
“As many as 70 percent of these Indonesian women just realized that they were affected by it breast cancer after approaching advanced stadium, ”Map Rani.
Meanwhile, Tari Puji Lestari as Founder of Merche.id. said, merche.id a fashion brand that is very popular with women is currently participating in providing counseling to women, whether cancer survivors or not.
For that, merche.id released a product called “The Love Series” as a form of attention of this fashion product to cancer survivors.
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“Later on, the proceeds from the sale of The Love Series products will be donated to YKPI to support prevention and counseling programs” breast cancer in Indonesia,” said Camelia E. Bianca as Brand Manager of merche.id in a statement, Wednesday (20/10/2021).
According to Camelia, his party collaborated with the Indonesian Breast Cancer Foundation (YKPI) to distribute donations from sales to survivors.
In addition, Camelia said what her party did was in line with the company’s program, namely Woman Empowering Woman.
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