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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

• IvaThongon 933 Posts

  Tue, Oct 25 2011 10:06 PM

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• IvaThongon 933 Posts

  Fri, Oct 28 2011 1:41 PM

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• IvaThongon 933 Posts

  Sat, Oct 29 2011 1:59 PM

  IvaThongon:

  Sadly, I feel the need to make a caveat statement. As we have all seen numerous times on these boards, discussion degrades itself quickly. This post is about BOOBS. Please refrain from responding and just think about it. If the need to respond is too overwhelming, please keep it MATURE and ON POINT.

   

  Please take a moment to think about this. I have provided some links below. Men, this also applies to you. Breast cancer is not strictly a female matter, although your risks are considerably lower. Plus, you all have mothers, wives, girlfriends, sisters, daughters.

  Some facts/stats:

  • About 1 in 8 women in the United States (12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.
  • About 39,840 women in the U.S. were expected to die in 2010 from breast cancer
  • Compared to African American women, white women are slightly more likely to develop breast cancer, but less likely to die of it. Women of other ethnic backgrounds — Asian, Hispanic, and Native American — have a lower risk of developing and dying from breast cancer than white women and African American women.
  • A woman’s risk of breast cancer approximately doubles if she has a first-degree relative (mother, sister, daughter) who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. However, about 70-80% of breast cancers occur in women who have no family history of breast cancer.
  • The most significant risk factors for breast cancer are gender (being a woman) and age (growing older).
  • Breast cancer occurs primarily in women, but men can also develop breast cancer. Although men have less breast tissue than women, they do have breast cells that can undergo cancerous changes. Male breast cancer makes up less than 1 percent of all cases of breast cancer, and is usually detected in men between 60 and 70 years of age.
  • And some good news, in 2010, there were more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S. 

  National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Website

  Breast Self Exam Video

  Breast Self Exam PDF

  Finally, as a reminder, I suggest you all look here, print it off, laminate it, and keep it in your bathroom or give them to friends and family. You might just save someone's life!

  Health & Happiness

  - Iva

   

  Thank you all for your attention this month. I hope this played a small role in spreading some information around.

  Yours in health - Iva

• stevereilly 5,910 Posts

  Fri, Oct 12 2012 8:53 PM

  Thanks Iva, I lost my mother to breast cancer.   It is a horrible way to die.  I don't mind the jokes  on the forums here relating to the subject,   as long as everybody remains aware.

• IvaThongon 933 Posts

  Tue, Nov 6 2012 6:22 AM

  stevereilly:

  Thanks Iva, I lost my mother to breast cancer.   It is a horrible way to die.  I don't mind the jokes  on the forums here relating to the subject,   as long as everybody remains aware.

  Thank you steve. I really dropped the ball this year. I didn't log in at all in October and missed the whole month. Normally I try to do something for health causes I find worthwhile, but real life has kept me away from the game a lot this year.

  At any rate, the links should all still be good, and information is everyone's best friend. 

   

• frappefort 3,994 Posts

  Tue, Nov 6 2012 7:33 AM

  IvaThongon      ,,    good awareness  post ,,,,  Helene my sister  got a breast  remouved last  week ,they already  have rebuild  one with her own skin ,   Andree my other sister  was last year ,  from  Chimio , and all that come with it.....    and my   Mom   she  past away, in 2001,  had  one breast  remouved  also .....      So  Lady,s    please check  yourself ,                                          Francois