Kathmandu, Oct. 21 -- In 2010, when Bishnu Devi Shrestha, a board member at the BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital in Bharatpur, was on a trip to China, she happened to share a room with Dr Tara Manandhar, an oncologist. At night, during a conversation, Shrestha mentioned that she was having problems with her nipple retracting.

"I was lucky to share a room with Dr Manandhar, who suggested that I immediately get my breast examined," said the 67-year-old Shrestha.

Upon her return to Nepal, Shrestha got herself examined and discovered she had breast cancer. She had to undergo surgery to remove the nipple and a lymph node. After eight cycles of chemotherapy and a month of radiotherapy, she finally got rid of cancer and is now healthy.

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