Supporting our friends with Breast Cancer

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Friends gather to support Vicki at a 5K Color Run
On Monday I am going in for a mammogram. The word itself (mammogram) is technically accurate but also seems just so silly to me. Mamm-o-Gram. It reminds me of Instagram #Squish.

But breast cancer is a serious matter and nothing to joke about. Here is some information that you may find useful from the website BreastCancer.org and Science Daily.




According to the website BreastCancer.org
  • About 1 in 8 U.S. women (just under 12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.
  • In 2013, an estimated 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer were expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 64,640 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer.
  • About 2,240 new cases of invasive breast cancer were expected to be diagnosed in men in 2013. A man’s lifetime risk of breast cancer is about 1 in 1,000.
Science Daily recently posted interesting perspectives on breast cancer research:

Follow-up care for older breast cancer survivors needs to be all-encompassing

 Older women who have overcome breast cancer are likely to struggle with heart disease, osteoporosis and hypertension further on in their lives. Whether these conditions occur or not is influenced by the treatment that patients received to fight cancer, their overall weight and their age. Breast cancer survivors therefore should watch their weight and get regular exercise so that they can enjoy a high quality of life. Read More

Second-most common breast cancer subtype may benefit from personalized treatment approach 

 The second-most common type of breast cancer is a very different disease than the most common and appears to be a good candidate for a personalized approach to treatment. Invasive lobular carcinoma, characterized by a unique growth pattern in breast tissue that fails to form a lump, has distinct genetic markers that indicate there may be benefits from drug therapies beyond those typically prescribed for the more common invasive ductal carcinoma. Read More


COMMENT: You may be too young for regular mammograms but you are not too young to give yourself regular exams at home.  Click HERE for BreastCancer.org's easy guide to self exams.



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