Egypt’s Women’s Health Initiative Cut Breast Cancer Deaths by 15%, Radiology Professor Says

Egypt’s presidential women’s health initiative has reduced breast cancer deaths by 15%, according to Dr. Ashraf Selim, a professor of radiology and interventional radiology at Kasr Al-Ainy Faculty of Medicine.

Selim heads the initiative’s diagnostic radiology division, placing his specialty at the heart of efforts to identify and assess breast disease.

He attributed the decline in breast cancer mortality to the women’s health initiative. The brief statement did not specify the period over which the reduction was recorded.

No further details were provided on the population covered or the data used to calculate the 15% figure. Those details would be needed to assess the scale and timing of the reported improvement.