Community recognizes Breast Cancer Awareness Month

According to the ACS, screening mammography in women aged 40 to 69 years is associated with a reduction in breast cancer deaths across a range of study designs. In 2017 alone, over 252,000 new cases will be diagnosed. As the largest voluntary health organization, the Society’s efforts have contributed to a 20 percent decline in cancer death rates in the USA since 1991, and a 50 percent drop in smoking rates.

“Early detection and awareness definitely helps”, Polito said.

“For the past eight years, it has been such a privilege working so closely with Payless ShoeSource in spreading information about cancer, and about the value of screening and early detection”. It’s also important to remember that family history is not always the underlying cause.

“We’re honored to be working with Breast Cancer Charities in their unrelenting focus on the fight against breast cancer-and hope that together we can support those impacted by this life-threatening disease”, said Bar Louie CEO John Neitzel. “In two months, through a self exam, I discovered a lump”.

Carolyn Byrd is a Breast Health Navigator at Doctor’s Hospital. It’s an incredibly nasty, worthless disease and we need to cure it.

St. Vincent Anderson is one of select few locations in IN to receive accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, an initiative of the American College of Surgeons that signals a provider has met the highest standards of breast health and breast cancer care.

The company is also hosting the “AVON 39 The Walk To End Breast Cancer” event in NY on October 14 and 15 – a 39-mile walk aimed at raising funds and awareness.

They’re also inviting you to “Party in Pink”, for Susan G. Komen Houston’s “More than Pink Day”. Today, it’s a strong, memorable, and uplifting symbol of hope and inspiration. “It’s partnerships like these that allow our mission to continue and help more women across the nation”. In addition, black women are twice as likely as white women to develop so-called triple negative breast cancer, which can be harder to treat, the report noted.

Dr. Lydia Schrader, breast surgeon and Comprehensive Breast Care medical director, and nurse practitioner Dara McKinley will talk about breast cancer’s prevalence, risk factors and prevention, along with how to identify signs of the disease.

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Here, the models share the statements they wrote to accompany their Stand Up To Cancer portraits.