Prague sees record number take part in march against breast cancer

The Czech capital saw a record number of people take part in the 10th annual March Against Breast Cancer on Saturday. Some ten thousand joined in the walk in the historic centre, many of them wearing pink t-shirts and carrying balloons sold to raise funds in the fight against the disease. An organiser said some 11,000 of the shirts had been sold at 300 crowns each. Around 6,000 women in the Czech Republic are diagnosed with breast cancer each year and in almost a third of those cases the disease proves fatal. Doctors and health officials stress repeatedly that women should routinely undergo screening tests. Currently, only around 53 percent of Czech women do, a head doctor at the Prague General Teaching Hospital said.