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Breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed types of cancer in women and the second-leading cause of death in women. 







 

October is nationally recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness month and for many, this means it is time to get involved and fight for a cure. Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) is an annual international health campaign organised by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure.

 

The campaign includes information and support to those affected by breast cancer. Breast cancer does not discriminate, women need to know that it is important to get screened,”  says Mary-Kathryn Walker, associate director of communications and marketing for the Mid-South Division of the American Cancer Society .

 

Am all for figthing breast cancer and pracitipate in various campaigns around the awareness and celebration of survivers, where it is to create awareness or celebrating surivers. A few years ago I went for a screening just to make sure am on the save side, after I found a lump on my right breast. I felt the need to do so, because it is beter to treat the cause early, because ultimately there is still no cure for this deardfull disease. My initial problem with this campaign it that it is ONLY LIMITED to a single month out of twelve to create awareness about a disease where over 3,450 women in Alabama are diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012, and over 710 will die from the disease, according to Mary-Kathryn Walker. At the time I went for the screening, I read on a pamphelt at Helen Josphes Hospital that the diagnosis had dropped from to age of 35 to the ages under 25, the media should create more awareness regarding the breast cancer because many women die from this disease because it is not detected early.

 

Breast Cancer:

 

1 in 29 women in South Africa will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Many breast lumps are harmless, but they should all be checked. It is important to examine your breasts regularly and if you are over 40, to go for a mammogram (a special x-ray to detect lumps in the breast). Read more about the Donna Glove Breast Lump Detector.
 
 
Symptoms include the folowing: 

• Difference in size breasts |
• Lumps 
• Unusual swellings 
• Puckering of the skin |
• Sores 
• Pain 
•  Discharges

If you have these symptoms go to a health professional without delay.