INCREASING YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF EARLY DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER MAY BE YOUR KEY TO SURVIVAL. EARLY DIAGNOSIS IS KEY. DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND LIFE AT THE KANSAS INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, JULIE HOLES, SAYS BREAST CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER IN WOMEN, AFTER SKIN CANCER. ACCORDING TO THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL EARLY DIAGNOSIS IS CRUCIAL. WOMEN CAN SURVIVE BREAST CANCER IF IT IS FOUND AND TREATED EARLY. SHE ADDS THAT WOMEN AGES 40-49 ARE ENCOURAGED TO DISCUSS WITH THEIR DOCTORS ABOUT WHEN TO BEGIN RECEIVING MAMMOGRAMS AND THEIR FREQUENCY IN RECEIVING THEM. WOMEN AGE 50-74 ARE ADVISED TO RECEIVE A MAMMOGRAM AT LEAST EVERY TWO YEARS.
STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ALSO URGE THOSE WHO HAVE CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS WITH BREAST OR OVARIAN CANCER TO CONSULT THEIR PHYSICIANS TO DETERMINE MAMMOGRAM SCREENING FREQUENCY.
THERE IS ONE HOUR LEFT IN THE KOFO CANCER AWARENESS TELETHON. CALL…. MAKE A DONATION, REQUEST A SONG, ANY SONG. ROCK, COUNTRY, RAP, YOU NAME IT. YOU PAY IT, WE’LL PLAY IT! HELP US SUPPORT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY CANCER FOUNDATION AND ALL THEY DO TO HELP THOSE IN NEED
