October Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Visit these websites to learn about the disease and what you can do to help eliminate this killer of women.

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: http://www.nbcam.com/
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Medline Plus: www.nlm.nih.gov
American Cancer Society: All About Breast Cancer
National Cancer Institute: What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer
MayoClinic: Breast Self-Examination

It's National Breast Cancer Awareness Month – and this year, women's access to preventative options are being threatened. Take action!

Congress is considering cuts to Medicare programs that would limit women's access to lifesaving screenings and treatments at the time in their life when they have the highest risk of developing breast cancer.

Send a message to your congresspeople to vote NO on cuts to Medicare!

If these cuts occur, many physicians – oncologists, pathologists, radiologists, and surgeons – will be forced to cut back on their services for our aging population.

Yet 42% of all patients diagnosed with breast cancer are age 65 or older, and more than half of all breast cancer-related deaths occur in this age group. Medicare patients with breast cancer deserve the best care available -- help fight to ensure they get it.