Women marathoners create breast cancer awareness

Written By Unknown on Senin, 27 Januari 2014 | 22.23

MUMBAI: " HCG Pinkathon, International Women's 10km Run," was held in Mumbai today, to create awareness on breast cancer and promote health and fitness among women. Almost 3,000 women from corporates, colleges, nurses, social clubs and doctors participated in the run under various categories. The event was flagged of by Gul Panag, actor, Milind Soman, actor, model and ultra marathoner, Dinesh Madhavan, director - HealthCare Services, HCG and Ms. Deveika Bhojwani, Founder, WCI. The money raised out of the event would be used to treat economically challenged cancer patients.

In the 10km category, the prize was won by Jayshri Borgi with second runner up being Sunita Wagmode and Sweta Devraj as third runner up. In the 5km category, the prize was won by Jyoti Punjabi and 3km category, the prize was won by Sheetal Chavan.

According to population based cancer registry/ICMR Study, the incidence of breast cancer in Mumbai - 31 per 1, 00, 000/new cases are diagnosed per year and by 2015 we will have 1, 06, 214/ new cases every year in India.

Milind Soman, Marathon Runner and Founder, Pinkathon, said, "I'm happy to see so many women coming to lend their support. Awareness is the key, and events such as these go a long way in creating awareness, early diagnosis and helps in the fight against breast cancer."


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