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Cancer Awareness Month

Learned today that October is cancer awareness month. Figured I should do my part by surfing around a bit and making myself more aware.

My stops today are all Breast Cancer related:

• Komen.org. Interesting site. Their "Anatomy of Breast Cancer" walkthrough is worth a look if you know nothing about this disease. I also like the way information on the site is organized for Patients, Survivors, and Co-survivors.
  
• BreastCancer.org. Non-profit organization for breast cancer awareness. Found it through Google but did not have much of a chance to look around.
  

An interesting set of guidelines comes out of both sites, though:

• If you're between 20 and 34:
• Perform self-examination monthly
• Get a physician to examine you every 3 years
• If you're between 35 and 39:
• Perform self-examination monthly
• Get a physician to examine you every 2 to 3 years
• Get your first mammogram (if you have history of breast cancer in the family)
  
• If you're between 40 and 49:
• Perform self-examination monthly
• Get a physician to examine you every year
• Get a mammogram every 1 to 2 years
• If you're over 50:
• Perform self-examination monthly
• Get a physician to examine you every year
• Get a mammogram every year

Regardless of your age, you'll want to know more about how to perform self-examinations. Luckily, anyone can visit this page on the Komen.org site for detailed instructions.

Tags: Health

Posted by CF at 9:00 PM