#Hashtag: Breast Cancer Awareness Month begins

Before lunch employees had raised about $700 and planned to pick CS Wind to host the pink potty Friday.

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“Mr. Duval Robinson spoke of the personal impact breast cancer has had on his immediate family”.

Her lump was benign, but ever since she’s been vigilant, and wants to spread the word about early detection. Grange said there’s no excuse. But more people are surviving than ever before especially with breast and prostate cancer where there have been significant research dollars and improved screening methods.

Said Dwyer, “Breast cancer has impacted the lives of many of our associates and customers”.

Now relatively new technology will help with early detection. She says one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, so the American Cancer Society has a number of outlets for women and men to utilize for help and support.

She said the calculator was “something that we can give them that’s geared toward helping them better understand their risk and, with their physicians, determine what the best next steps are for them”. “She had to wait until it was obvious and metastatic before anyone would even look at her”. His mother and wife’s co-worker are cancer survivors and his mother-in-law also is battling cancer. She agrees with Grange.

Like with any mammogram, women over the age of 40 will need a prescription to be screened in the mobile unit.

For the last three years, Mississippi has ranked number one in sales of the Breast Cancer Research stamps. The 5k run/walk begins at 9 a.m. Information about screening and the American Cancer Society will remain on the buses through the entire month of October.