The Pink Locket

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is coming to a close, if you haven’t gotten your PINK Glory Ring yet there’s still time. “It has been estimated that if every woman over the age of 50 had her yearly mammogram, breast cancer deaths in this age group would drop by 25% or more.”† †Breast Cancer Facts and […]

Certain reproductive factors slightly increase risk. These include giving birth to a first child after age 30, nulliparity (never having children), starting menstruation before age 12, and/or entering menopause after age 55.2 The increase in risk is likely due to a longer lifetime exposure to estrogen.† †http://qap.sdsu.edu/screening/breastcancer/facts.html If you haven’t gotten your PINK Glory Ring […]

As women age, the risk of developing breast cancer increases. About 66% of all invasive breast cancers are diagnosed in women age 55 and older, while about 12% are diagnosed in women younger than age 45.† †http://qap.sdsu.edu/screening/breastcancer/facts.html

White women have a higher incidence of breast cancer than African American women. However, African American women are more likely to die from breast cancer than white women.† Only nine more days left in October.  Have you gotten your PINK Glory Ring yet? If not, there’s still time, remember 50% of each sale will be […]

The breast cancer mortality rate has decreased since 1989, with larger decreases in women younger than 50. The decline is attributed to earlier detection, improved treatments, and possibly, decreased incidence as a result of declining use of postmenopausal hormone therapy.† †http://qap.sdsu.edu/screening/breastcancer/facts.html

Only 5% to 10% of breast cancers occur in women with a clearly defined genetic predisposition for the disease. The majority of breast cancer cases are “sporadic,” meaning there is no direct family history of the disease. The risk for developing breast cancer increases as a woman ages.♥ ♥http://women.webmd.com/guide/breast-cancer-arm-yourself-with-facts  

It has happen to all of us.  We got up, got dressed, did our make-up and accessorize with jewelry then beeline out the door.  Then well into our day (I’m just going to say around lunch time), you grab your coat to head out for a break and your necklace snags on the collar of […]

  One study found that increased exposure to ethylene oxide, a fumigant used to sterilize medical experiments, is associated with higher breast cancer risk among women who work in commercial sterilization facilities.• •Breast Cancer Facts and Figures: 2009-2010.” American Cancer Society. 2009. Accessed: January 19, 2011.  

Today, about 1 in 8 women (12%) will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.† Have you gotten your PINK Glory Ring yet?  If not, here’s how you can purchase one and find out more about the organization you’d be helping by purchasing! †http://women.webmd.com/guide/breast-cancer-arm-yourself-with-facts