Think Pink in October

 

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is celebrating 25 years of awareness, education and empowerment.

 

As much as this month long campaign strives at raising money to find a cure for breast cancer, if you walk away with nothing, but the understanding of how important it is to go in for annual mammograms then that's all that matters.

Early detection is currently the number one tool in beating breast cancer, and that only happens by learning how to examine yourself and going in for yearly mammograms.

Did you know?

• Breast cancer doesn't just affect women, it also affects men.
• Although unknown why, the left breast is more prone to develop cancer than the right breast.
• There's a higher number of breast cancer cases in developed countries than in less developed countries.
• The US has the most cases of breast cancer in the world.
• Every 15 minutes a woman loses her battle with breast cancer.
• When breast cancer spreads beyond the breast it is more likely to spread to the bones, liver and lungs.
• The biggest single risk factor for breast cancer is age, which is why mammograms are recommended once a year starting at age 40.
• It is estimated that if women in the age group of 50 and over would get their mammograms done on a yearly basis, the breast cancer death rate in this age group would drop by 25%.
• Research shows that women who are diagnosed with breast cancer during pregnancy have lower survival rates than women, who aren't pregnant at the time of their diagnosis.
• There are currently 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the US and that number can grow if we as women take the measures to watch over our bodies and get checked out at the sight of any suspicious lump.

You can find all these facts and more on: http://facts.randomhistory.com/breast-cancer-facts.html

Please donate to this cause in any way you can, whether it's by sponsoring yourself or a friend at a race, buying items that proceeds are donated to national organizations or by just helping spread this very important message that can save lives.

Check out this year's Zoe Report for a list of pink items you can buy to help fight cancer!


Knowingly yours,
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"Every woman needs to know the facts. And the fact is, when it comes to breast cancer, every woman is at risk." - Debbie Wasserman Schultz