Today was the day of the Race for the Cure. I woke up at 6.30 am and got on 7.04 train to Penn Station. I was at the Central Park by 8.15. I got my t-shirt and cap and met with my volunteer group from Adelphi University.

I was very very very crowded, I think after they gave the start of the race it took us almost 42 minutes to walk 2 blocks until the start point, it was that crowded.

When we arrived at the finish point the times was showing 1.57 minutes. So it took total 1 hour 15 minutes to walk 3 miles. It was fun and it was for a good cause, so I’m very glad I did this…

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Definition of breast cancer: Cancer that forms in tissues of the breast, usually the ducts (tubes that carry milk to the nipple) and lobules (glands that make milk). It occurs in both men and women, although male breast cancer is rare.

Estimated new cases and deaths from breast cancer in the United States in 2009:

	New cases: 192,370 (female); 1,910 (male)
	Deaths: 40,170 (female); 440 (male)

One in eight women or 12.6% of all women will get breast cancer in her lifetime.

Breast cancer risk increases with age and every woman is at risk.

Every 13 minutes a woman dies of breast cancer.

Seventy-seven percent of women with breast cancer are over 50.

Treatment: Information about treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and vaccine therapy.

A Chemotherapy for breast cancer takes a few months to finish and radiation therapy takes 5-6 weeks. During this period you loose your hair, you feel nauseaus, you throw up, you feel very weak and sometimes with the stereoids you can’t sleep. With the early detection you have a very high chance to beat this. What women should do is to check their breasts and visit their gynecologist yearly or every 6 months.

Screening and Testing:

MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans of women who were diagnosed with cancer in one breast detected over 90 percent of cancers in the other breast that were missed by mammography and clinical breast exam at initial diagnosis, according to a new study. Given the established rates of mammography and clinical breast exams for detecting cancer in the opposite, or contralateral breast, adding an MRI scan to the diagnostic evaluation effectively doubled the number of cancers immediately found in these women.

Mammography: A screening mammogram is an x-ray of the breast used to detect breast changes in women who have no signs or symptoms of breast cancer. It usually involves two x-rays of each breast. Mammograms make it possible to detect tumors that cannot be felt. Mammograms can also find microcalcifications (tiny deposits of calcium in the breast) that sometimes indicate the presence of breast cancer.Annual mammography surveillance for breast cancer survivors older than 65 is associated with a dramatically reduced risk of death from breast cancer, according to the July 20, 2007, Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Breast Pap Test: This is fairly new test that you can have it done at your doctor’s office, all you need is 5 minutes. The Breast Pap Test is FDA approved for the collection of nipple aspirate fluid for cytological evaluation. The collected fluid can be used in the determination and/or differentiation of normal versus pre-malignant versus malignant cells.

Incorporating Halo into routine practice will enable physicians and patients to monitor cellular changes within breast ducts earlier, before they develop into larger, potentially cancerous lesions.

Before anything happens or before it spreads to the other parts of your body it’s very important that you should do self exams and check for breast changes;

Breast changes occur in almost all women. In fact, most of these changes are not cancer (these changes are called benign).

Common breast changes include:

• Lumpiness
• Single lumps
• Nipple discharge

Changes can also happen monthly, due to your period.

Always discuss any change you notice with your doctor…

Healthy, happy days…

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