Throughout the research on Breast Cancer I realized that technology can bring hope for a breast cancer free world in future and its important to be a part of spreading awareness, education, and early detection in remote and urban regions globally.

1. Breast Cancer
Awareness

2. What Is Breast Cancer?
Signs Symptoms and More
 Breast cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in
the tissues of the breast.
 Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death among women.

3. Breast Cancer
 As per the American
Cancer Society, more than
85 percent of women who
get breast cancer have no
family history of cancer.
 Most of the women who
find a lump in the breast think
they needn’t worry as they
have no family history of
cancer. But, the truth is that
even if you have no family
history, you are still at risk of
getting breast cancer over
your lifetime.
Women in their 30s/40s can
and do get breast cancer,
raising the need for young
women to be breast
aware. According to the
American Cancer Society
(ACS), 1 in 8 women is
diagnosed with breast cancer
at some point during their
lives. Having said this, not all
the lumps are cancerous.
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4. Risk Factors
Here are a few breast cancer risk factors as per the National Cancer
Institute :
1. Obesity
2. Excess alcoholism
3. Getting your first menstrual period before age 12
4. Giving birth for the first time after age 30
5. Never being pregnant
6. Starting menopause at an older age
7. Having a close relative with breast cancer
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5. Self Check and Treatment
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6. Self Check and Treatment
Regular mammograms are a must
 Some experts believe forty is the right age to get mammograms whereas a few recommend that women
over fifty years must get mammograms once every two years.
 As breast cancer is age-related, most women prefer mammograms once they are in their fifties.
 However, considering the overall health of women, it’s better women start annual mammograms once
they’re in their forties.
 Talk to your doctor about when you should start getting mammograms and how often you should get
them.
 Breast self-examination is a preventive measure
 Taking a monthly breast self-exam will serve as a preventive measure. Earlier the detection of breast
cancer, better is the treatment planning.
 Regular breast self-exams will let you know the presence of lumps (if any), and you can consult an
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7. “ Most patients associate cancer with chemotherapy and one of their first set
of questions include queries about chemotherapy: How many sessions of
chemotherapy will be required, what are the side-effects, what are the costs
involved, will chemotherapy benefit, and what exactly happens during
chemotherapy? Among other common questions are: will cancer come
back after the surgery? How aggressive is cancer and how fast is it
spreading?
A large number of patients and their families aren’t aware of the alternative
treatments for breast cancer that are available in the country today. Hence,
it is the oncologist’s responsibility to introduce the patients to new treatment
options so that the patients consider all the available options.
Oncologists and cancer clinics have to be updated with the latest research
and findings in the field of medical research to be able to provide the best
treatment to their patients.
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8. How Technology can
Change the Outlook of
Breast Cancer
Here is the Vision, Mission and
design of the App
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9. Mission
Supporting the fighters
Admiring the Survivors
Honoring the taken and never ever giving up hope
Encouraging people to not only self asses but also teach the
importance of self examination and early detection of breast cancer that
could be life saving.
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sakhi

10. To help create a healthier tomorrow by creating a
community that helps create awareness and fight
breast cancer together at an early stage
Rural Areas survival rates for breast cancer are low due
late detection as access to doctors is limited. On
the bright side, rural areas have achieved excellent
internet access in recent years. There seemingly
exists enormous opportunity to use technology
particularly AI and realize mass screening
programs
Factors like lack of proper information, communication,
awareness, financial condition, improper
medications, immobility, and lack of Support groups
in many countries led to upbringing of the
application SAKHI
Vision
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SAKH
Self diagnosis Plan My
Health
Info
zoneAppointment
Take a survey
SAKHI
About
Update
IndiaCountry/Region
Language English
Back up to Cloud
Access GPS location

12. Who is Sakhi?
Sakhi is designed targeting women and men of the age of 25 -50. Women who are so busy, in their
routine which involves work, taking care of family members, doing their daily chores and much
more, don’t get any time to consider their own wellbeing. Making women more kind and caring to
themselves and their body is a key factor of our solution.
 Multi-Lingual but also has a One miscall system which enables easier communication
through multiple channel to get answers to all questions utilizing Artificial Intelligence.
 Self-assessment
 Medical Assistance by verified Doctors through messaging & video calling.
 Blogs section - Read and share your journey, inspire other women throughout their
journey
 Support Groups-Interact with those you want.
 Donations - Support Breast cancer patients
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Case Profile
File history of
mammograms in pdf
format and observation
details
Cloud backup
Access your case profile
media and texts on any
device
Stage: 1
Reports: 2
Mental health check
Some tips for coping with
changing mental health during
diagnosis, mood of the day
Schedule
appointment
View results

14. Sakhi
After completing a survey on signs and symptoms :
 Sakhi (friend) will guide women with ways to self-examine with voice instructions as option, healthy
lifestyle choices and can keep reminders for examinations and consultations.
 People can connect to a larger community of likeminded women and share their hobbies, experiences
and suggestions for a healthy life.
 Helpline numbers to various NGOs and community who help people financially will navigate through
GPS, one can donate to women and men fighting breast cancer through fundraisers option available
in app
 Sakhi also provides a volunteering platform to reach out to women and men from rural regions near
their location and educate them on breast cancer and methods of preventions.
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Search Local Doctors And
Hospitals Nearby
connect call Save contact
Information
Following Featured Popular

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VOLUNTEER
Want to reach men and women in remote
regions for Breast Cancer Awareness?
We will connect you to the volunteer
teams near you.
LOCATION /
FUNDRAISERS
Make a donation
to Fighter to Hospital
to Organizations for Awareness

17. For the HealthCare Providers
 Sakhi will connect patients with their aftercare team enabling a personalized and informed
recovery journey across email, mobile (and the watch itself).
 By linking the app data back to our own software, it enables medical teams to group
patients into high/low risk, or by any data point that informs a personalized aftercare
journey, and trigger communications, advice and reminders (e.g. notifications, reminders,
checklists, appointments, or even a two-way dialogue between patient and doctor.)
 In future, using biometric data from the smartwatch app (blood/oxygen, steps, sleep, pulse
etc) The app data also enables medical teams to monitor patient trends for fluctuations in
mood, activity and wellbeing.
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18. “With a hope of Breast Cancer Free World, I have a vision and design of ‘Sakhi’ app which
can be developed and bring some of the more conceptual features to life and therefore
help to better the wellbeing of breast cancer patients as well as for the people to be aware
of the early signs and symptoms of breast cancer around the world. The app may be
transferable to Android, Apple and other technologies, for free of cost so we see a world
where the app, watch and tailored aftercare can be offered to as many patients and
healthcare services as possible around the world.”
Thank you to all the Fighters sharing their journey and
giving strength to each other.
By Naheeda Khan ©
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