Activity : e-Learning/Tele-Education   Diagnosis of Breast Cancer by Mammography Remote-lecture to Semipalatinsk Consultative Diagnostic Center via the Internet A first remote-lecture was conducted via the Internet in cooperation with Semipalatinsk Consultative Diagnostic Center, Kazakhstan and Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences on Thursday, November 30, 2006. About 450 nuclear explosions were conducted on Semipalatinsk nuclear test site (SNTS) which located 150 km from Semipalatinsk city, Kazakhstan from 1949. The residents of Semipalatinsk region believe that nuclear test had a negative influence to their health. Breast cancer is one of the major causes of female mortality in Kazakhstan. Firstly, Dr. Ichiro Sekine (Professor, Department of Molecular Pathology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute) addressed a greeting speech to the audience in Semipalatinsk Consultative Diagnostic Center. After, Dr. Shigeto Maeda (Lecturer, Department of Surgery) delivered a lecture entitled “Diagnosis of Breast Cancer by Mammography” to doctors of Semipalatinsk Consultative Diagnostic Center, Oncology Center and students of Semipalatinsk State Medical Academy. A mammogram is an x-ray examination of the breast. It is used to detect and evaluate breast abnormalities both in women who have no breast complaints and in women who have breast symptoms such as a lump, pain, or nipple discharge. The main purpose of this lecture was how to detect signs of breast cancer on mammography image. On following the discussion, questions about US diagnosis of breast cancer and diagnosis of mastopathy were discussed. Audience recognized that this kind of lecture is very useful and they wished to continue remote-lecture. In Kazakhstan, Public awareness of the risks of breast cancer is very low. More than half of women applied for medical aid at the later stages of the diseases when no treatment effective. In view of this complicated situation, UN (UNFPA) has started the project “Consolidated Response to Breast Cancer” in 2006. As the part of this project, UNFPA in cooperation with Ministry of Health Care, Kazakhstan and Nagasaki University, Japan, has started a joint effort in education of medical specialists of Kazakhstan. Coordination: Serik Meirmanov (Assistant Professor, Nagasaki University) , Moldagalieva Zh.(Head), Nuralinova G., Pudja O, Samokhin G. and. Parfyonov A. (Semipalatinsk Consultative Diagnostic Center).