Breast Cancer Awareness

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month – Do you know that Breast Cancer is the second highest cancer in women and that it can also occur in men? We urge every woman to initiate a doctor’s visit and keep their follow-up appointment and continue to have their self breast manual exam regularly. Ask your doctor or healthcare provider about the correct way of doing a breast self exam. Breast Cancer is not a disease that occurs only in October and it is imperative that women listen to their bodies, ask questions and educate themselves on a daily basis.

Facts about Breast Cancer in the US from the American Cancer Society :

• 1 in 8 women will develop invasive breast cancer some time during her life
• About 226,870 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women
• About 63,300 new cases of carcinoma in situ (CIS) will be found (CIS is non-invasive and is the earliest form of breast cancer)
• About 39,510 deaths from breast cancer (women)

For our Haitian Community, do you know that Haiti does not maintain a national cancer registry? With that said, many cases are unreported and often misdiagnosed by not having the proper tools of equipment and education to make the correct diagnosis.... Read more