40 Years of Breast Cancer Awareness Has Saved over Half Million Lives and Counting

40 years of breast cancer awareness has saved over half million lives and counting

In the 1980s in the United States, only one in four women were getting screened for breast cancer, and access to screening technology was limited. Since the start of Breast Cancer Awareness initiatives in 1985, over 517,000 lives have been…

Turning Awareness Into Action: American Cancer Society Recognizes 40 Years of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

/PRNewswire/ -- This October, the American Cancer Society (ACS) commemorates the 40th anniversary of the founding of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In 1985,...

40 years of breast cancer awareness has saved over half million lives and counting - Everett Post

(NEW YORK) — Since the start of Breast Cancer Awareness initiatives in 1985, over 517,000 lives have been saved from better treatment and proactive screening, according to the American Cancer Society. “Today is a day to celebrate forty years of incredible progress in ending cancer as we know it, for everyone,” Dr. Shanti Sivendran, senior vice president of cancer care support at the American Cancer Society and medical oncologist at Penn Medicine…