It’s Breast Cancer Awareness month.
What does that mean, exactly? It’s the time of the year when we
- renew our commitment to detecting—and fighting—breast cancer;
- review the latest information on how to help ourselves stay cancer-free;
- remember those who are working through recovery, and those who lost their battle;
- support those who work hard to research, to heal and to help those affected by breast cancer.
Did you know that >one in 100 breast cancer patients are men?
Did you know that according to the American Cancer Society, the chance for a woman to be diagnosed with breast cancer is 1 in 8?
Did you know that weight control is one way to decrease your risk?
For more information, here are some helpful links:
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
If just one reader acts on this message by scheduling a mammogram, remembering a friend in need or making a donation, my time in writing it will be well spent.
