Disclosure: This is part of a compensated campaign with Latina Mom Bloggers and P&G. However, all opinions expressed are my own.
I am sure that you know someone who has had breast cancer. Most of us do and are of the “It won’t happen to me” thinking. I am a little more of “it will happen to me if it will happen to anyone because I have that sort of luck” people. That is why I get all the necessary tests when they are due each year.
My cousin had breast cancer a couple of years ago and had she not gotten it detected early it could have been bad for her. She is a single mother and her son was just entering kindergarten at the time. I can remember him staying different days will all of us and no one telling him what she had. He just thought she was sick.
One thing that we all learned through the whole process with her was that 1 in 8 women get breast cancer. That is like a small circle of friends. Go to lunch with your girlfriends and then look around, 1 of you will have breast cancer at some point. That really brings it home, doesn’t it? When detected early lives can be saved. In fact when detected during the early (localized) stage – the five year survival rate is 98%.(*National Cancer Institute.)
One thing I did not know is that while breast cancer is while breast cancer rates are lower among non-Caucasian women, death rates are higher among African American and Latina women. In fact, every hour and a half a Latina woman dies of breast cancer in the United States. So self exams and mammograms are extra important for those groups.
The P&G Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign,now in sixth year, has partnered with The National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) to not only educate women, but also the men in their lives, about the importance of early detection. P&G also supports the NBCF in its commitment to save lives by providing mammograms for those in need.
How can you help?
Tell others about early detection as it is the best defense in the fight against breast cancer. Create a plan with your girlfriends and follow up with each other. Start with nothing more than a simple self-exam! Get the men in your lives involved by encouraging the women in their lives to take action as well.
Visit P&G everyday for more information about the importance of early detection, to access the NBCF’s Early Detection Plan App and to hear P&G employees’ inspiring stories about moments made possible in their lives due to early detection.
You can also find FREE screening clinics nationwide as part of the P&G partnership with the National Breast Cancer Foundation. No excuses!
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I think it’s very important to keep up with self checks & exams, the earlier you find the cancer the better!
I think it is important for every women to do their part in early detection whether or not it runs in your family! It’s your body, you should want to do everything you can to protect it!
Self exams and regular exams are vital to early detection. It’s something so simple that can definitely save your life. Why wouldn’t you??
It is so important to do self exams each month. My aunt is a breast cancer survivor, because of early detection.
Self exams and regular exams are a must
early detection is important to cure cancer in its early stage
I think it is imperative to get mammograms every year. Early detection is key.
My sister and I were just talking about the changes in breast cancer culture over the last ten or twenty years. I think more people examining themselves at home has been crucial to higher survival rates. Thanks for the giveaway!
Early detection is important. That way the situation can be taken care of before it gets out of hand.
I think it is important to make sure you are doing self exams and also having yearly mammograms. Early detection can save your life. I also believe that if there is a history of breast Cancer in your family you should insist on having a mammogram starting at a younger age.
My sister is being referred to a breast specialist next week. It is terrifying! I am praying so hard that she does not have breast cancer. Early detection is a life saver/changer.
The earlier you find it, the easier to treat. I had my first mammogram last year. And guess what? It was no big deal.
Yearly mammograms save lives and a monthly check is so important. I make sure to do this and keep myself checked to prevent breast cancer!
my mother just recently had a breast cancer scare, early detection can make a world of difference and monthly self exams are extremely important.
It’s important to catch it early – increase your odds of beating the cancer
its so very very important because the earlier it is detected the better your chances. yearly check ups and self breast exams in between are important.
My sister and several of my friends are currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer. This is very close to my heart. Early detection is crucial.
I encourage all my friends and relatives to get their annual mammograms. I want everyone to stay healthy.
I know so many affected by breast cancer, one got it at a very young age. I was so misinformed about breast cancer…I thought you HAD to have history, had to be older, even thought your risk was higher if you had larger breasts (hidden more so within tissue?) duh, I got an education when I began to see people in my family with it (sil and mil) plus two very good friends. One of them passed away and it is a HUGE revelation when you see a mom with two young daughters pass away…it opens your eyes as to what early detection can do to save your very life!
I have not had anyone in my family have breast cancer but several other types of cancer. If you can catch any cancer early your chances of survival are so much better.
It’s very important. Early detection has saved a lot of people close to me
Yearly mammograms and self checks can help detect anything and if there is something you can help right away to decrease the odds of it getting worse.
The earlier you find and treat signs of breast cancer the better your chances of survival are
It’s so important for women to learn about early detection. If they catch it early enough, your chances for survival are much better.
Since I have a family history of breast cancer, I try to be proactive about having my mammograms each year – early detection is the key to complete recovery!
Early detection is crucial to ensure treatment before it becomes too hard to treat
I think that your breast awareness bracelet is one of the prettiest I’ve seen. I have my hip one health care nurse that just had a double mysectomy while I myself found a cyst a couple of yeas ago that we have been watching every 6 months. We just redid the biopsies and praise the Lord they had not changed!