84-lancaster Farming, Saturday, October tl, 1997
Family Living
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Beth Van Horn
Centre Co.
Extension Agent
RIBBONS TO RAISE
AWARENESS OF
BREAST HEALTH
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) How many women in the
U.S. have died of breast cancer in
this century? More than all the
U.S. citizens killed in the com
bined conflicts of World War I,
World War 11, Korea, Vietnam and
the Persion Gulf.
Fortunately, early
detection through
breast self-exams,
clinical exams, and
mammograms can
increase a woman’s
chance of surviving
breast cancer. Unfor
tunately, not enough
women practice these
three important steps
to breast health and
cancer deaths con
tinue to occur.
October is Breast
Cancer Awareness
Month. Across the
nation, family mem
bers, community
groups and cancer eol
ations are gearing up
to remind us that
through self aware
ness, capable medical
care and family sup
port, a woman’s
chance of surviving
breast cancer is very
good.
In Pennsylvania
and New York, cancer
coalitions involved in
the Northern Appala
chia Leadership Initia
tive on Cancer (NAL
IC) will raise aware
ness by wrapping
30,000 yards of pink
ribbon around the
trees in their commun
ities. “While these rib
bons remind us of sur
vival and hope, they
also remind us of the
losses of our friends,
family, and loved ones
to this unfortunate dis
ease,” said Ann Ward,
project manager of
NALIC.
Cancer awareness,
education, and early
detection efforts of
programs like NALIC
are only part of the
solution.
“The pink ribbons
also will serve as a reminder that
more resources for treatment are
needed now to treat women who
are uninsured when their cancers
are found,” said Ward. “And sup
port is needed within our own
communities to let women know
that if they lose a breast to this dis
ease, they will not lose the love of
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ty, their position in their job, or
their health care coverage.”
Lastly, more research funding is
needed from federal and private
organizations to determine the
cause and best treatment of breast
cancer.
“October is a time to concen
trate our year-long efforts in publi
cizing the need for greater vigi
lance on the part of women for
their own health care,” said Cam
Armstrong, NALIC field coordi
nator. “Anyone can leant early
detection skills. Our coalitions
work with the Pennsylvania
Department of Health’s Healthy
Woman 50+ program and New
York’s ‘Breast Health Partner
ships’ to provide education and
free mammograms for women that
fall within their income guidelines.
“Additionally, anyone can call
the Cancer Information Service of
the National Cancer Institute at
800-4-CANCER for information
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rams (mentioned above) cancer
treatment options, and survivor
issues,” Armstrong noted.
NALIC was funded by the
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
five years ago in response to the
high cancer rates that have long
effected rural, low-income Appaa
lachian communities. In Pennsyl
vania. coalitions in Allegheny,
Indiana, Crawford, Venango,
Forest, Elk, Clearfield, Lawrence,
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This message brought to you as part of National Pork Month
Montour, Snyder, Susquehanna,
and Tioga counties and Chau
tauqua and Delaware counties in
New York are working to build
organizational partnerships, get
community people involved,
encourage local leadership, and
get uninsured women screened fa
breast and cervical cancer.
For more information on NAL
IC, call Ann Ward, NALIC project
manager, at (814) 863-8693.
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