October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Since the program began in 1985, mammography rates have more than doubled for women age 50 and older and breast cancer deaths have declined.

This is exciting progress, but there are still women who do not take advantage of early detection at all and others who do not get screening mammograms and clinical breast exams at regular intervals.

Cancer experts say if all women age 40 and older took advantage of early detection methods – mammography plus clinical breast exam – breast cancer death rates would drop much further even up to 30 percent! But the key to mammography screening is that it be done routinely – once is not enough.

So, make that appointment today!

For more information about NBCAM, please visit www.nbcam.org