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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
With October being Breast Cancer All of these fantastic efforts serve the
Awareness Month, we have already begun singular purpose to help urge people to
to see pink awareness efforts everywhere. increase their awareness of the signs and
Pink products now line the shelves at symptoms of this disease. The hope being
stores, awareness and fundraising ads that increased knowledge concerning
display celebrities wearing pink ribbons, breast health will lead to early detection.
while athletes and many first responders According to the National Breast Cancer
across the nation have begun to adorn their Foundation, when breast cancer is detected
uniforms with pink. In Albuquerque New early, and is in the localized stage, the
Mexico, the Police Department recently 5-year relative survival rate is 100%.
unveiled a hot pink patrol vehicle to help The keys to early detection include
raise breast cancer awareness. knowing the facts about breast cancer and
exercising that knowledge by being
proactive about your breast health. The
following are some of the key facts that
everyone should know about breast cancer.
Family history isn’t everything
Family history of breast cancer, especially
breast cancer that is related to inherited
changes or mutations to certain genes,
