Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM) is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease & to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment & cure. The campaign also offers information and support to those affected by breast cancer. Having breast cancer in our family & personally having a quarter-sized breast cyst myself (thank God it was benign), it is important for me to help spread awareness. Being a palliative care & hospice nurse, I have encountered numerous patients with breast cancer in the end of life & it is heart-breaking. Screening tests are used to find cancer before a person has any symptoms. So please, do not wait to feel something before seeing a doctor. The Breast Cancer Screening Chart from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention compares recommendations from several...