In May of 2013, famous actress, Angelina Jolie Pitt made headline news when she disclosed she had preventive elective double mastectomy. In March 2015 she disclosed she had both her ovaries and both fallopian tubes removed. She had an inherited mutation in BRCA1. Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes increases a women’s risk of developing…
DetailsWhat’s a woman to do? With the new screening recommendations put forth yesterday by the American Cancer Society (ACS), women are more confused than ever as to what to do. The ACS previously recommended that women have a yearly screening mammogram starting at the age of 40. The new recommendations calls for women to have…
DetailsBreast Cancer is the second leading cancer in American women, it is second only to skin cancer. Breast Cancer is also the second leading cause of cancer related deaths, second only to lung cancer. An estimated 40,290 women will die from the disease this year. African American women have the highest risk of dying from…
DetailsOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It’s a great time to educate women on the following about breast cancer: the latest in statistics risks factors signs and symptoms genetic screening updates on mammogram screening In the next four weeks we will look at all of the above. Today’s post will focus on statistics. Here are…
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