October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports beside skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women. Their educational efforts include letting people know mammograms are the best way to find breast cancer early, when it is easier to treat and before it is big enough to feel or cause symptoms.

Statistics estimate approximately 281,550 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States in 2021 and 44,000 women and men will die from the disease this year alone in the U.S. While the majority of breast cancer cases are in women 50 years of age or older, younger women also get the disease. While not very common, around 1 out of every 100 breast cancers diagnosed in the U.S. is found in a man.

Every October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and is recognized and celebrated around the world. While remembering and honoring those who have died from the disease as well as the survivors; the Breast Cancer Research Foundation says its purpose is to promote breast cancer awareness and the importance of research, early detection and prevention. It is a call to action to fund more research to save lives and improve outcomes. 

People have held events and fundraised for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month since its inception in October 1985. What started as a partnership between the American Cancer Society and the pharmaceutical division of Imperial Chemical Industries is today a worldwide event. Furthermore as a breast cancer survivor, former first lady Betty Ford helped raise awareness of the disease. The symbol of the pink ribbon was first introduced in 1992 by Evelyn H. Lauder who launched The Estée Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign (formerly The Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign). 

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