Breast Cancer Awareness

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Breast Cancer Awareness

• Amy Denn

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Learn the Facts(Check out each one)

• All women are at risk for breast cancer.
• Tests can find breast cancer early.
• Mammograms can find breast cancers when they are
  too small to feel.
• A clinical breast exam is an important way to
  check for breast cancer.

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All Women Are At Risk( Men too)

• No one knows what causes breast cancer, so there
  is no sure way to prevent it.
• Eat healthy, exercise regularly, dont smoke, and
  limit alcohol intake to reduce all cancer risks.

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Protect Yourself

• BSE (Breast Self Exam) Monthly
• Spread information about breast cancer awareness.
• Get involved! Volunteer to help save lives!

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The Power of a Mammogram

• This is an X-ray of the breast. It is the best
  way for detecting breast cancer and saving your
  life!
• Have one every year after you reach 40.
• Results come within 10 days.

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Clinical Breast Exams

• These are done by a doctor or nurse at a clinic.
  
• Doctors or Nurses are able to see changes that
  might indicate problems.
• Have your first exam at age 20.
• Go every 3 years for another exam until you are
  40.
• Once you are 40, go every year.

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Signs to see a doctor

• A lump, hard knot, or thickening.
• Swelling, warmth, redness, or darkening.
• Change in the size or shape.
• Itchy, scaly sore, or rash of the nipple.
• Dimpling or puckering of the skin.
• Pulling in of your nipple or other parts.
• Nipple discharge that starts suddenly.
• New pain in one spot that doesnt go away.

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Save your Life!!

• Earlier detection higher chance of survival by
  95!!!!
• This year in the US, 10,000 young women under 40
  will be diagnosed with breast caner.
• Over 250,000 women under 40 are living with
  breast cancer. Most of these women found out
  about their cancer in their 20s.

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What are the chances of survival with early
detection?
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100 95 50 0
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Correct!

• Early detection saves lives!!

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More Information

• www.komen.org
• www.nationalbreastcancer.org
• www.nbcam.org
• www.cancer.org
• 1-800-462-9273

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About Me!
My name is Amy Denn and Im a junior at Western.
Im studying Special Education and I hope to
teach in an Elementary classroom once I graduate.
Breast Cancer Awareness really interests me
because I have family members who are survivors,
and my close Aunt is battling breast cancer
right now.
Citation www.komen.org