Statistically, more women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, than men. Instead, about $1.1 million was donated to the American Cancer Society, for breast cancer screenings and not research according to Vice.
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Despite the setback, Williams partnered with Charlotte Radiology last December to pay for mammograms for 53 women – his mother’s age when she died – at a hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina.
While the entire league celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness Month every October with pink gloves, accessories and shoes, Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams wants to wear his pink cleats year-round.
If you see or feel any of these changes in your breast, talk to your doctor right away, even if you don’t find a lump.
Williams has been creative in circumventing the rules as he has already dyed his hair and painted his toenails in pink in the past.
To him, it’s about more than a pretty pink uniform. “He said he went to the National Football League earlier this season and asked if there was a way that he could wear pink throughout the season, not just in the month of October”, Salters reported.
Dawn Butler MP met with “inspirational” women at the Breast Cancer Care reception in Parliament.
PHOTOS: Check out these pink products for breast cancer awareness!
“It’s just disappointing because I don’t understand why we can’t just because other schools can’t”, a student told WTSP. Breast cancer can be cured about 80-90 percent of the time.
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How are you showing your support this month? Kellye Wenhofer was diagnosed with breast cancer in May and the ladies at the Pink Heart Funds non-profit organization gave her a wig free of charge.
