Group Out With Cancer Report Card
November 27, 2007 by Palangkaraya Post
Filed under Generel News
Susan G. Komen for the Cure is out with its first-ever breast cancer report card.
Researchers said that despite new medicines and surgical techniques, 40,000 women in the United States die every year from breast cancer. That’s enough to fill Fenway Park and then some.
The report provides information about advancements in diagnosis, treatment and research that have made breast cancer a survivable disease.
It also explores cultural, social, educational and financial barriers that prevent many people from getting screening and receiving life-saving breast cancer care.
One survivor who’s spreading the word about early detection is someone who knows. Nikia Hammonds-Blakely was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 16. She is now cancer-free.
Click here for the State of Breast Cancer Report.
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