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Department of Research, JNCHRC, Idgah Hills, Bhopal under the guidance of Dr. N. Ganesh for years together with various cancer awareness camps for a decade or so. The team has successfully managed to
screen a number of women with breast cancer risk, presence of fibroadenoma, or other hormonal imbalances such as polycystic ovary disease. I have also participated in more than 35 such camps and recorded ATD angles of hundreds of women.
Women with diabetes mellitus and thyroid disorders were also found to have wider angles, which showed a correlation between these disorders and breast cancer risk.
Thus, dermatoglyphics
has a huge potential as a
noninvasive technique for
screening breast cancer in women and strengthening the breast cancer screening programmes due to its noninvasive nature and cost-effectiveness because as far as breast cancer is concerned, early diagnosis means
half the battle won. It can save all the women on the brink of a fatal disease.
In my current research work under the guidance of Dr. Kanika Sharma, Deputy Adviser, State Health Resource Centre, AIGGPA, Bhopal, strategies are being made to strengthen the breast cancer screening scenario in both rural and urban regions of Madhya Pradesh. In our report, we will incorporate the benefits of this diagnostic method in strengthening breast cancer screening programmes in the districts of MP and would introduce this in the cancer awareness camps in the future. Women are, by nature, resilient; the early detection of this deadly disease can help them win the battle ahead. Breast is the sign of motherhood and nurturing, and it should not fall prey to this disease. Women are not supposed to be weak or vulnerable because God has bestowed them with the power of creation; a woman is a giver of life;
she is Shakti herself.
Its role in breast cancer screening has been explored by a number of researchers. A specific tool of dermatoglyphic study ATD angle is found to have the potential to screen high-risk individuals. ATD angle is the angle of the triradius junction that is drawn from the junctions found below the digital fingers and at the proximal end of the palm by taking a print of the palm by applying ink.