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Patients at the national institute of cancer research hospital
National Institute of Cancer Research & Hospital (NICRH) is the only specialized government institute and tertiary level cancer hospital in Bangladesh. It was established in 1982 by the Government of Bangladesh.
NICRH offers following courses:
"Cancer Research Bangladesh (Cancer Research BD)" is an international umbrella organisation providing cancer research & cancer information for the people of Bangladesh.
The institute organised a conference in October 2014 to publicise the difficulties they faced in persuading women to seek early treatment for breast cancer because of embarrassment. Prof Mohammad Golam Mostafa also said that in Bangladesh many more women aged between 15 and 20 are found suffering from breast cancer than in other countries in his opinion, due to eating vegetables and fruits which had been treated with toxic chemicals.