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“I know this October will be no different!” Both women have been diagnosed with breast cancer in the previous year.

Cancer support coordinator Hayley Tuck said the event, which falls in Breast Cancer Awareness Month, would feature local resources as well as the speakers. If I didnt have the rest of this column to write, I could leave it right there. In Patna in Bihar, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences’ (AIIMS) radiotherapy department has launched an awareness campaign on Breast Cancer so as to mark the Breast Cancer Awareness month. Breastcancer.org says that they “dropped 7 percent in 2002 to 2003 alone.

The type and length of treatment depends on the type of breast cancer, according to Branton. Donors will have the opportunity to hear the researchers’ stories, learn about their work and better understand the impact that each researcher is making or hopes to make in breast cancer research.

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The latest breast cancer report delves deeper into this nature versus nurture split.

“One reason is that lactation delays when women start menstruating again after giving birth. Being overweight and/or physically inactive increases your risk. Men diagnosed with breast cancer at an early stage have a good chance for a cure, but many men delay seeing their doctors if they discover signs or symptoms, such as a breast lump.

Dr. Maria Elena Martinez, co-lead of the Reducing Cancer Disparities Program at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, said that both nature and nurture are driving the trend.

Centra this week hosted its first “Cups against cancer” coffee morning hosted by radio DJ Doireann Garrihy and included breast health advice from Irish Cancer Society’s Cancer Nurseline Manager Naomi Fitzgibbon, lifestyle advice from Pippa O’Connor and a personal account by a breast cancer survivor and Irish Cancer Society service user.

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He added, “I am now doing really well and only have to take one tablet a day as my treatment along with some daily arm exercises”. Her husband stays at her side, taking each step toward victory. Those, who were having cancer left in breasts and those women patients, whose cancer had spread to the lymph nodes.

Annie Treanor, Southern Trust Breast Care Specialist Nurse said, “Although Breast Cancer in men is rare it does occur and it is most common in men over the age of 60”.

“We wanted to do something for the community to get people involved”, said Jenn Cambra, manager of High Desert Imaging, who organized the event.