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T-shirt Making During Breast Health Month

• Pink and Black Ball a big success!
• Race for the Cure 2009
• Climb for Komen
• Breast Health Resources

If you are interested in having someone speak to your group or organization about breast health please call or come by the Women’s Outreach Center today.

Fun during Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Here are steps that you can take now to ensure your health in the future.

1. Know Your Risk:

§ Talk to your family to learn about your family health history

§ Talk to your doctor about your personal risk of breast cancer

2. Get Screened:

§ Ask your doctor which screening tests are right for you if you are at a higher risk

§ Have a clinical breast exam at least every 3 years starting at age 20, and every year starting at 40

3. Know What is Normal for You: See your health care provider right away if you notice any of these breast changes:

§ Lump, hard knot, or thickening

§ Swelling, warmth, redness or darkening

§ Change in the size or shape of the breast

§ Dimpling or puckering of the skin

§ Itchy, scaly sore or rash on the nipple

§ Pulling in of your nipple or other parts

§ Nipple discharge that starts suddenly

§ New pain in one spot that does not go away

4. Make healthy lifestyle choices:

§ Maintain a healthy weight

§ Add exercise into your routine

§ Limit alcohol intake

Breast Cancer Stats

• Having more than one drink of alcohol per day may increase your risk of breast cancer.
  
• Current or recent use of birth control pills may increase your risk of breast cancer.

• Women who do not engage in regular physical activity may have a higher risk of developing breast cancer.

• Women over 5’3” have a slightly higher risk of breast cancer than women under 5’3”.

• Every three minutes a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer.

• Breast cancer is the leading cancer among white and African American women.

• Breast cancer incidence in women has increased from one in 20 in 1960 to one in eight today

  
  For more information regarding breast health please visit komen.org
  
  
  
  
  We are proud to be a part of a grant program funded through the
  Central Oklahoma Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.