Meeting Minutes 10/6: Breast Cancer Awareness

In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Char Kopchick, director of health promotion, spoke to us about breast cancer at our meeting. She wanted us to realize that breast cancer does not only develop in older women. Young women in their twenties can also develop breast cancer, and she has seen it happen.

The best way to protect against breast cancer is to catch the cancer early before it has the chance to grow and metastasize. Char said that an early diagnosis equals a positive prognosis. This is why it’s important for every woman to perform a monthly Breast Self-Exam (BSE).  Char taught us how to do a correct and thorough self-examination. Many people do not know how to do the BSE properly, which could cause them to miss detecting a lump. The two videos below show how to do a Breast Self-Exam correctly.

http://www.healthination.com/Videos/Breast-Self-Exam

http://health.discovery.com/videos/breast-cancer-awareness-breast-self-exam.html

Show your loved ones you care about them by reminding them to do monthly Breast Self-Exams. Tell your mom, sister, grandmother, aunt, and girlfriends about the importance of detecting breast cancer early.