| October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month | |
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| Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October. Its aim is dedicated to educating and empowering women to take charge in their own breast health by practicing regular self-examinations and scheduling regular visits and mammograms with their healthcare provider, as well as offering information and support to those affected by breast cancer. The campaign also raises funds for research into its cause, prevention and cure. | |
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| In 1991, pink ribbons were first distributed by the Komen Foundation to every participant in the New York City Race for the Cure. Today the pink ribbon is internationally recognized as the symbol for breast cancer awareness. | |
| Breast Cancer Statistics | |
| Breast cancer is the most common cancer among
Canadian women (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer). In 2011: • An estimated 23,400 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 5,100 will die of it. • An estimated 190 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 55 will die of it. • On average, 64 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer every day. • On average, 14 Canadian women will die of breast cancer every day. |
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| Read more on cancer rates: http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Cancer+rate+increases +StatsCan/1402276/story.html#ixzz0qsK7njoY |
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| To read more information and see more library
sources, click on the PDF version. |
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| Canadian Websites: | |
Breast Cancer Society of Canada: http://bcsc.ca/ Breast Cancer Support Services: http://www.breastcancersupport.org/Breast_Cancer_Awareness_month.php Canadian Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.ca/ Canadian Institutes of Health Research: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html Health Canada: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/jfy-spv/women-femmes-eng.php Public Health, Government of Canada http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/index-eng.php Society of Obstetrians and Gynaecologists of Canada http://www.sogc.org/index_e.asp Women’s Health Matters http://www.womenshealthmatters.ca/ |
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| Quebec Websites : | |
Agence de la santé et les services sociaux Montréal : http://www.santepub-mtl.qc.ca/mdprevention/fiches/sein/program.html Association des Obstétriciens et Gynécologues du Québec http://www.gynecoquebec.com/gynecology/santedelafemme/ Breast Cancer Action Montreal: http://www.bcam.qc.ca/index1.html Fondation québécoise du cancer: https://www.fqc.qc.ca/ Institut National de la santé publique Québec http://www.inspq.qc.ca/groupes/pqdcs/ Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation: http://www.rubanrose.org/en Santé et services sociaux, Québec http://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/sujets/santepub/pqdcs/index.php?home |
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| A Selection of Sources in the Library | |
| Intimacy
After Breast Cancer by Gina M. Maisano |
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| Positive Results:
Making the Best Decisions When You're at High Risk for Breast or Ovarian
Cancer by By Joi L. Morris and Ora Karp Gordon |
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| Stand by Her: a
Breast Cancer Guide for Men by John W. Anderson |
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| Everything Health
Guide to Living with Breast Cancer by Lucia Giuggio Carvalho and James A. Stewart |
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| No Family History:
the Environmental Links to Breast Cancer by Sabrina McCormick |
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| Breast Cancer: the
Complete Guide by Yashar Hirshaut and Peter I. Pressman |
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| Choices in Breast
Cancer Treatment by Kenneth D. Miller |
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| Everyone's Guide
to Cancer Therapy by Andrew H. Ko, Malin Dollinger, and Ernest H. Rosenbaum |
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