Prevent Breast Cancer In Gen Z Environment, YKPI Socialization And Screening Of Student Early Detection At Islamic Boarding Schools

Socialization and screening of breast cancer (Doc. Al Ashriyyah Nurul Iman Foundation Islamic Boarding School)

JAKARTA - In the framework of World Cancer Day 2025, it is important to take preventive measures early on. One of them is by screening and socializing the younger generation. For this reason, the Metta-Manggala Foundation in collaboration with the Indonesian Breast Cancer Foundation (YKPI) conducted Socialization of Screening and Early Detection of Breast Cancer and SADARI Practices on February 8, 2025 at the Al Ashriyyah Nurul Iman Foundation Islamic Boarding School.

This step is a strategic effort to support cancer prevention and treatment in the Z generation environment. This is a form of joint commitment to reduce the incidence of new cases of advanced breast cancer.

This event was attended by 1000 female students consisting of 500 STAI students Nurul Iman and 500 people from SMP & SMA Al Ashriyyah Nurul Iman Foundation. This is to increase awareness and education about the importance of early detection of breast cancer in the santriwati environment.

"The socialization of Early Learning and Detection of Breast Cancer and SADARI Practices is a very important event for women's health, especially for female students as a form of real concern for the health of our young generation, especially our students," said Dr. Hj. Umi Waheeda, S.Psi., M.Si., Chairman of the Al Ashriyyah Foundation Nurul Iman.

"We believe that health education is an important part of learning in Islamic boarding schools. Therefore, we really welcome this collaboration and hope that in the future we can re-organize similar socialization so that students are better educated. Take advantage of this opportunity as well as possible. Listen, understand, and practice the knowledge gained today. Health is a mandate from Allah SWT that we must protect, because healthy women will become a pole for strong families and communities," continued Hj. Umi Waheeda.

On this occasion Linda Agum Gumelar, Chairperson of YKPI said, based on GLOBOCAN data in 2022, there were 408,661 cancer events in Indonesia and 242,988 cancer-induced deaths in 2022. Based on this type, the most new cases of breast cancer experienced by women in Indonesia diagnosed with cancer were 66,271. This number is equivalent to 30.1% of the total new cases of women's cancer in the country, and 70 percent of the patients came in advanced stages.

The Indonesian Breast Cancer Foundation (YKPI) which has the vision of 'Indonesia Free of Breast Cancer Advanced Stadium' focuses its programs on Early Screening and Detection of Breast Cancer and SADARI Practice with participants' targets in addition to adult age groups, we also continue to increase our socialization to teenagers or Generation Z (born Generation between 1995 2010). Our hope is of course with this target, so in the next 10 years we can jointly suppress the incidence of new cases of advanced breast cancer.

"For this reason, it is very important that we know information about breast cancer screening and early detection as well as taking health steps with emmography over 40 years of age, in addition to routinely carrying out SADARI (joint PAYUDara SPAYARA SADANIS) and SADANIS (PAYUDARA CLINIS PERIKSA), SADARI is very easy to do on condition: done in the right way, routinely, disciplined and if there are lumps that stay and are not sick, immediately check them into the nearest health facility. We can prevent further stage breast cancer if found in the early stages and remember that not all lumps in the breast are cancer," said Linda Agum Gumelar.

As a resource person in this event, dr. Hardina Sabrida, MARS., explained about the process of recognizing her own breasts so that women know the normal state of her breasts and immediately recognize them if there is a change from normal conditions.

"In addition, breast disorders that need attention are that if there is a change in the shape and size of the breast, lumps, pain, skin thickening, there are skin basins such as dimples, breast skin depletion, fluid out of the nutrient, withdrawal of sickles into the breast, and wounds on the breast that do not heal. Furthermore, dr. Hardina explained that regarding regular breast cancer visits of SendIRI (SADARI) every month, SADARI is carried out between 7-10 days after the first day of menstruation, if you do not menstruate, do it on the same date every month. The simplest way to detect breast cancer is to do," he continued.

YKPI with its programs can spearhead in providing education and assistance and hopes that the government will also continue to improve socialization and education because there are allegations or tendencys for breast cancer to continue to increase and there will be explosions in the world. For this reason, it is hoped that female students after participating in this activity, want to carry out routine SADARI activities. This is done so that we can build a healthier, more caring and stronger Indonesian society to face any challenge towards Indonesia Gold in 2045 100 years of Indonesia's Independence.