Breast cancer is a very serious disease that can strike women of any age. This is why cancer awareness is so important today. Those in the healthcare field and nursing fields are very much aware of this as they care for and stand by women going through treatment. Women really need to be able to get medical treatment just as soon as they notice the very first signs of a lump. When breast cancer is caught early, the survival rate is close to 90%. Sadly this doesn’t always happen and 40,000 women per year will die of this type of cancer (2010 statistics). It is unfortunate that these women were unable to detect their breast cancer while it was still in its early stages. Sometimes women are scared to get checked. Sometimes women don’t get checked because of the fact that there isn’t nearly enough being done in the way of breast cancer awareness. Nurses and others in the healthcare industry are in a unique position to help inform men and women about breast cancer.

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