Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure. The campaign also offers information and support to those affected by breast cancer.
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among African American women. An estimated 26,840 new cases of breast cancer are expected to occur among African American women in 2011. The overall incidence rate of breast cancer is 10% lower in African American women than in white women. Among younger women (under age 45), however, the incidence is higher in African Americans than in whites. Breast cancer incidence rates increased rapidly among African American women during the 1980s, largely due to increased detection as the use of mammography screening increased. Incidence rates stabilized among African American women aged 50 and older during 1995-2005, while rates decreased by 0.7% per year among women under age 50 from 1991-2005.
Please join BCG and our partner Sister Network for a wonderful Twitter forum all about the cause! Save the date, October 12th and use of the following hashtags for the cause!
HashTags we’re tracking during our Twitter Forum!
#BCGFightsBreastCancer
#SelfAwareness
#StopTheSilence
#FindACure
#SistersBreastCancer
#BreastCancerSurvior
