Cascade Valley Hospital’s Pink Night Out helped local women become more comfortable making breast cancer exams and screenings a part of their healthcare.
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45, that’s the age the American Cancer Society now recommends women without history or genetic mutation start getting mammograms.
Kerri-Anne said “breast cancer steals mothers and sisters and cousins”.
The American College of Radiology and the Society of Breast Imaging are two other institutions that maintain that screening should be done annually.
Big footnote here: This isn’t to say that mammograms aren’t useful, and these new recommendations apply only to women who don’t have a higher than average risk for breast cancer.
Why women need an Early Detection Plan is because statistics have shown that 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. We know that detecting cancers at a small size gives us the best chance for treatment and preserved quality of life.
The age was previously 40.
Breast Cancer Care believes the poorer care people with the incurable disease often receive is due to these missing numbers making it near impossible to plan the vital services needed. “Most of the time it is normal, but put your mind at ease and go see about it”.
The Kraft family and the New England Patriots honored the group of breast cancer survivors and their caregivers in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the NFL’s “A Crucial Catch” campaign.
If you’re a breast cancer survivor, and would like to participate in Joan’s yoga classes, they’re free.
They’re hoping all of this pink will help remind us all to support the fight. Individuals should conduct regular self-examinations, get mammograms or other tests as advised by a doctor, and visit a doctor if any changes that cause concern are noticed.
The general types of treatment for breast cancer according to the American Cancer Society (ACS) are: surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and targeted therapy.
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However easy it may be for women to find self-breast exam instructions online, we think it is more important for doctors’ offices to have information readily available and for doctors and nurses to explain the process to patients.
