Breast Cancer Awareness 2018

The month of October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is an effort to raise awareness and reduce the stigma of breast cancer through education on symptoms and treatment methods. Breast cancer has been known since ancient time . With no reliable treatments, and with surgical outcomes often fatal, women tended to conceal the possibility of breast cancer as long as possible. With the dramatic improvement in survival rates at the end of the 19th century it was an individual by the name of William Stewart Halster as he raises long term survival rates 10% to 50%. Such lead to efforts to educate women about the importance of early detection and prompt action. 

Early campaigns included the "Women's Field Army" which was run by the American Society of the Control of Cancer. They were the forerunner of American Cancer Society. Now we have a wide variety of charitable organizations that are involved in breast cancer awareness and support. The largest and most prominent are Susan G. Komen for the Cure; National Breast Cancer Coalition; states Department I'd Defense; and Breast Cancer Action.

Join callers, survivors, current patients and I as we honor and educate individuals about breast cancer. Live 10/22/18 at 12pm Pacific