BREAST CANCER NEWS

For the latest breast health and breast cancer information and Foundation news and activities, visit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation’s award-winning Web site at www.komen.org. For breast health or breast cancer concerns, call its National Toll-Free Breast Care Help line at 1.800 I’M AWARE® (1.800.462.9273).

Three Steps to Early Detection
The Komen Foundation recommends that women follow a positive breast health regimen that includes monthly breast self-examination beginning by the age of 20 and clinical breast examination by a trained health professional at least every three years starting at age 20 and annually after age 40. Starting at age 40, women should get a mammogram every year. Women under age 40 with a family history, other risk factors or reasons for concern should consult a trained medical professional about when to have a mammogram.

On-line Breast Self-Examination Instructions
The first on-line resource of its kind, www.komen.org/bse, provides step-by-step breast self-examination (BSE) instruction through video animation, audio clips and written directions in both English and Spanish. Users learn the importance of early detection, correct BSE looking and feeling practices and the value of BSE as part of the Komen Foundation’s recommended three-step approach to breast health.

Join Komen Champions for the Cure(TM)
We hope for a day when breast cancer no longer takes the lives of our mothers, daughters, sisters and friends. We can hasten that day through our actions. Become an advocate by joining Komen Champions for the Cure(TM). Take action to influence public policy in support of quality breast health and breast cancer care at: http://www.ActNowEndBreastCancer.org

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