Breast Cancer Awareness Day 2013 - Breast Cancer Society

Due to rapid pervasiveness of breast cancer society among women, precautionary measures must be taken into account. There are many misconceptions about breast cancer that must be obliterating through creating awareness among people. To achieve this purpose the whole month of October is dedicated to create awareness about breast cancer. On October 18 mammography day will be celebrated in order to make people cognizant about this disease, its types, and treatments.

Misconceptions about breast cancer

The risk factor increases day by day mostly because of the misconceptions about this disease, therefore, to reduce this risk the misconceptions must be corrected first. Most of the people thought that breast cancer is a hereditary disease. Though this disease has some genetic roots but it does not means that if the mother has not develop the breast cancer at any age then the daughter is not exposed to it, but, the truth is that the family history does not matters in case of breast cancer, any female of the family can be suffered with this disease any time of her life.

Breast cancer and age factor

Although after the age of forty the chances of breast cancer increases too many folds, but it does not mean that before forty, a woman cannot be suffered from the breast cancer. After the age of twenty the risk of breast cancer started and a woman may develop it.

Breast cancer and mammography

Although radiations have bad effect on the health and most of the time cancer formation start due to exposure to cancer. But, in case of breast cancer, mammography do not proved to be as much harmful. Mammography on yearly basis helps to diagnose the breast cancer, and if the cancer is detected at its early stages then the survival chances increased.

Mastectomy

After mastectomy, the cancer may appear again, therefore routine checkups are prescribed. Most of the people thought that after five years of mastectomy cancer can never appear again but it is a misconception, cancer may appear again.

The breast cancer society and breast cancer awareness day

There are many other misconceptions regarding breast cancer, and these misconceptions are actually the reason of prevalence of breast cancer. Therefore, the breast cancer society along with helping the suffered ones helps the potential preys of the breast cancer by creating awareness among them. This is done by arranging sessions of seminars. For this purpose, the researchers must be done in this field, so that the fruit of these researches would be helpful for making people conscious about their health. The breast cancer society is funding such types of researches so that the survival rate increased and the risk factor can be cut down and all the women can enjoy healthy life without any risk of developing breast cancer.

The breast cancer society also help the suffered ones through financial aid, on this day of breast cancer awareness, people are also encouraged to help the other, who are the suffered ones, not only with their financial support but also with their moral support. For the cancer patients, blood donation is very substantial; one can donate his blood for good cause so that with your blood anyone living near or far from you can enjoy the life.

Breast cancer day is celebrated each year to support the breast cancer patient and to create awareness among the healthy people. The people who are at the risk of breast cancer must be guided how to live a healthy life, they must be encourage to support and help those, who have been suffered from breast cancer. Although this practice must be continue throughout the year but specifying a day or a month for breast cancer means to high light the alarming situation and making the people aware about its viciousness.

Advantages of Early Detection of Breast Cancer

Early detection prevents and increases the rate of survival of the women diagnosed with breast cancer society. Early detection is possible if a woman herself is able to feel some unusual changes in her breasts or area near the breasts. Self examination is basically important for having early detection of the breast cancer. Breast cancer is common type of cancer and it is fortunately not that much fatal like other organ cancers. But the required thing for not making it fatal is to catch it as early as possible and to take appropriate treatments for eradicating the cancer malignancy.

Low mortality rate

It is very important to mention here that breast cancer is chronic like other cancers but it does not fall under the category of fatal because the mortality rate of breast cancer is low instead of its high occurrence. This lowering this very mortality rate can also be possible when a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer at very early stage. The cells of cancer at early stage can be ceased to attain severe malignancy. On time treatment gives you complete cure and health. 

Early treatment increases you life

Once you feel any change in your breast size, shape, colour or nipple constriction you should see doctor as soon as possible. After examination if these signs show the presence breast cancer then doctor will definitely start your treatment on time properly. You then might be suggested to have radiation first or being subjected to surgery. Surgery removes the fast growing cells and for the purpose of removing remnants of those cells in order to avoid recurrence of cancer after complete set of treatment.

Reducing the chances of becoming fatal disease

If you want to get healthy over the years of your life then you need to be very conscious about the changes you feel in your body. By doing this, if unfortunately you feel some changes in your breast size, colour, a lump near or over beast, unusual discharge; ridges on nipple or scaling then without even wasting a single moment you should see the doctor so that your disease can be caught at very early stage and before becoming a fatal disease it would be completely eradicated. Early detection means you have been nipped the evil from its bud and cancer elimination is possible then. 

Hence early detection of breast cancer enhances the rate of survival. Woman should not feel shame of touching their breasts for detecting change. At your own behalf you are able to catch the breast cancer if unusual symptoms are felt in your body. You just need to scrub the breasts before or during taking bath. If any lump or redness is there then it might be due to cancer cells. It is recommended that you need to have at least a mammogram annually when you are turning 40.

Purpose of breast cancer awareness walks

Breast Cancer Awareness Walk

The breast cancer awareness walk is the commendable program of TBCS meant for making people concerned and conscious about their health. These awareness walks are either organized in public place or educational institutions have same purpose of eradicating the breast cancer society from USA. The walks are powerful and stimulating opportunities to show unity against breast cancer. Therefore, TBCS always welcomes you to join them in these walks for making people conscious about their personal hygiene, food habits, smoking etc.

Purpose of breast cancer awareness walks

The awareness walks show your strength and unity against the menace of breast cancer. The breast cancer society organizes these breast cancer walks periodically. The walks sometimes are organized in collaboration with TBCS partners or sometimes voluntarily youngsters and adults take part efficiently. The breast cancer society always gets positive feedback and gestures form any community in which these walks are held. The main purpose of walk is to educate people about facts and impacts of breast cancer on individual, family and upon nation because each and every citizen of America is important for making it prosperous. The banners, pamphlets and flyers with different information regarding breast cancer are used as effective tools in these walks by the breast cancer society.

Reduce risks of the breast cancer

The breast cancer awareness walks float the information that how one can reduce the risks of developing cancer. In these kind of awareness walks authentic tips and information regarding reducing chances of breast cancer is given to the people. Similarly, along with the verbal communication by pictorial description of detecting signs of breast cancer are also publicized. By this education it is possible for one to feel the signs and symptoms of breast cancer as early as possible because early detection and diagnosis can increase your chances of survival.

Sending invitations for walk

The breast cancer society offers you an opportunity to come out of your shell and invite your friends online for having a lap of victory with the breast cancer awareness walk. Online you can invite your friends and organize your own event for the purpose of awareness. This opportunity is also helpful for raising more funds for this scam free charity.

The breast cancer awareness walks are effective tools for spreading awareness everywhere about breast cancer, cure and treatment. TBCS has made this very feasible for people to organize an awareness walk with one click of mouse. On website of TBCS you can arrange your own event and have opportunity to plan remarkable awareness walk in any community. The breast cancer society is much successful as a result of these awareness walks for educating hundreds of people of America. TBCS arrange awareness walks in various communities with the full participation of volunteers as well.

Breast Cancer Awareness Walk

Breast Cancer Awareness Walk

Recently conducted studies proved that breast cancer is the most common disease to occur in women, after lung cancer. The knowledge of breast cancer society is absolutely essential for the women to have and to take all the measures for avoiding that. The recognition of its danger; and information about ways of survival can greatly increase the chances of life saving for the women as a whole. It is not very much stressed in general, but the danger of breast cancer also exists for the men.

Myths and Reality about Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is not common in men, as the women get breast cancer 100 times more often than men. Therefore, contrary to the common belief these men are not immune from breast cancer and they too can be a target of this dangerous disease. Therefore there is a strong need to aware the people about breast cancer and to tell them how they can save themselves from it. One of the attempts to recognize its importance and treatment issues is the awareness walks. Such awareness campaigns have widespread effect and are able to convey their message to a wide array of people.

Breast Cancer Awareness Walk 2013

Breast cancer awareness walk 2013 is to be held at the Phoenix zoo. The basic and major issues of breast cancer would be highlighted and translated into banners and other media for normal people to read. Such an activity would generate good awareness and people would become curious to get more information about breast cancer in general. It is also a very vital aspect for the media and especially newspapers’ attention. The news channels and newspapers would be considering it a good cause to report in the news. Therefore it would also have its effect in the other states and parts of the world other than America. Another factor to boost the outreach of this awareness walk on breast cancer would be to increase the number of people that are going to check themselves for symptoms of breast cancer. It would greatly increase the detection of this disease so that people can know about it at the early stages and later on get the best medical help and medication to cure them.

Objectives

The goals for this Arizona 2013 walk are; to distribute nearly 50,000 packets related to educational stuff and material to the community. This material would make it easier for the message of this campaign to spread to the houses and to more people than witnessing it in real. It would increase the detection chances and would also inform the general people about symptoms of this disease. They walk participants would also be offering 200 free mammograms for the low income women who are not able to afford the disease detection and its treatment also.

The walk participants and organization would also be showing their resolve to provide in-home care for the females who have underwent the surgical procedures of the treatment. Also, the aim would be to inform people about the supply of hope supply program that consists of mostly needed items supplied to the breast cancer fighters.