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Every year we hold a family reunion. At these reunions, each family makes a quilt block, that my cousin Sonia makes into a quilt for the next year. We usually raffle the quilt off. This year (2011) they gave it to me. Thank you Sonia and family.
There are so many articles out there about one thing or another having to do with breast cancer. You really don't know what is true and what is not. The following article is about the myths of breast cancer. Some of what it claims actually surprises me. The link for this article is at the end of the page. When you go to the site, each of the numbered items is a link. For more information, I recommend you go to the site to take a closer look at each item. Each of the blue colored items is also a link and some will take you to pertinent information and some to advertisements. If you hold your cursor over the words, you can see what you are going to. I'm not sure I agree with all of these. I can tell you that I know of a number of people that found their lump using the self exam. How they can discourage us from keeping an eye on our own body is unbelievable to me.
31 Myths and Truths
WARNING: Hearing the truth about breast cancer may surprise you. And it should motivate you.
It’s time to move beyond awareness to action. It’s time to peel back the pink to see what’s really happening in breast cancer research , treatment, prevention and cure.
Our breast cancer myths and truths are backed by science,documented by credible and trusted sources and chosen because they are often misunderstood by or misrepresented to the general public.
We challenge you to become educated, speak up on behalf ofwomen and men everywhere and take action to end this disease. We also call on you to help us spread this message to people you know: friends, family, coworkers, anyone who cares about ending breast cancer.
We will show you the way and give you the tools to get involved and make a difference.
Pleasejoin us.
Our breast cancer myths and truths are backed by science,
We challenge you to become educated, speak up on behalf of
We will show you the way and give you the tools to get involved and make a difference.
Please
- Myth #1: Monthly breast self-exams save lives
- Myth #2: Mammograms can only help and not harm you
- Myth #3: MRI is better than mammography because it finds more cancer
- Truth #4: When breast cancer shows up on a mammogram, it may have been in your body for 6-10 years
- Truth #5: Breast cancer mortality rates are declining
- Myth #6: Mammograms prevent breast cancer
- Truth #7: We don’t know how to prevent breast cancer
- Myth #8: Most women with breast cancer have a family history of the disease
- Myth #9: Men don’t get breast cancer
- Truth #10: Risk of breast cancer increases with age; 50% of breast cancer occurs among women aged 62 years or older
- Truth #11: Most people think they have a higher risk of breast cancer than they actually do
- Myth #12: Everyone's breast cancer is the same
- Myth #13: Everyone who has a positive BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 test result will get breast cancer
- Truth #14: The mortality rate from breast cancer is higher for African American women than for Caucasian women
- Myth #15: In terms of survival, removing the entire breast is better than just cutting the cancer out and getting radiation
- Myth #16: There are drugs that can prevent breast cancer
- Myth #17: Once diagnosed with breast cancer, it’s very important to make treatment decisions immediately
- Myth #18: Second opinions are only for treatment options. Once I know I have breast cancer, I can get a second opinion on how to treat the disease
- Truth #19: Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increases your risk of breast cancer
- Myth #20: With new treatments we can now cure breast cancer
- Truth #21: You should question your doctor
- Myth #22: If I am not a scientist, then I won’t be able to understand breast cancer research
- Truth #23: Your tax dollars fund a significant amount of breast cancer research
- Myth #24: My Senators and Members of Congress have no role in what happens in breast cancer
- Myth #25: The media accurately reports breast cancer science
- Myth #26: All breast cancer research is good because it moves us toward prevention and a cure
- Myth #27: Breast cancer survivors are too close to the issue to participate in how research money is spent
- Truth #28: Less than 3% of adult cancer patients participate in clinical trials
- Truth #29: I can educate myself
- Truth #30: I can influence what happens in Washington D.C. about breast cancer
- Truth #31: I can make a difference
If you are making this journey as I am, may God bless you with His healing touch, I know he loves you.
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