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Lotus Tower to go pink for breast cancer awareness

20 Oct 2021

The Lotus Tower in Colombo, for the second consecutive year is showing its support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month by lighting up in pink.  Lotus Tower’s pink lighting is part of the Global Landmark Illumination Campaign initiated in 2000, which sees monuments in over 140 countries illuminated in pink, to promote global awareness of breast cancer. Breast cancer affects nearly 4,000 women each year in Sri Lanka; every day nearly 12 women are diagnosed with breast cancer and there are two deaths related to the illness. Speaking about the event, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) Director General Oshada Senanayake highlighted the importance of raising awareness in all women, especially for an illness that is curable if detected early. College of Oncologists President Dr. A.J. Hilmi and Secretary Dr. Sachini Rasnayake also expressed the importance of early detection through monthly self-examinations. “We see so many patients every day that come with breast cancer in an advanced stage with spread. They have had some change in their breast including a lump, skin changes, pain which they have ignored or failed to detect. So we urge all women above the age of 20 years to examine themselves on a monthly basis, seven days after the start of their periods. These five minutes you spend monthly could save your life.”  Former Sri Lanka Cricket Captain Roshan Mahanama, who is Founder of the Pink Wednesday campaign, highlighted the importance of creating awareness for breast cancer and emphasised the role men should play in advocating for the same, stating: “It is our responsibility to look after the ladies in our lives.” Indira Cancer Trust Chairperson/Trustee Dr. Lanka Jayasuriya-Dissanayake also mentioned that the message promoted is very clear: Touch, Look, Check (TLC), which gives a clear and simple message to encourage women to check their breasts every month, as well as information about the signs and symptoms of breast cancer.   Sri Lanka Cancer Society President Anoja Karunaratne, a partner in this effort, also reiterated the importance of early detection, also noting that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Sri Lanka Cancer Society and the Indira Cancer Trust highlights the importance of early detection for breast cancer.


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