October 16, 2015
By: Mary K. Wakefield, Ph.D., RN, HHS Acting Deputy Secretary
Earlier this year, Secretary Burwell met Laura Holmes Haddad in San Francisco. Laura is an author, a mother and a survivor. Specifically, a survivor of stage 4 breast cancer.
Her diagnosis was one that too many of our sisters, our mothers, our daughters and women around this nation have faced. Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women. Every woman has the chance of a breast cancer diagnosis during her lifetime, and about 1 in every 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer, like Laura. Too many women have lost that battle – breast cancer is the second-leading cancer killer of women today, just behind lung cancer.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time for us to reflect and rededicate ourselves to fighting this disease.
With early detection, many women can take the first steps toward treatment. In fact, most women with breast cancer will survive it. We just need to make sure that women get the screenings, like mammograms, that can help catch breast cancer early and start them on the path toward treatment.
READ MORE: Beating Breast Cancer with Coverage, Prevention and Precision MedicineHer diagnosis was one that too many of our sisters, our mothers, our daughters and women around this nation have faced. Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women. Every woman has the chance of a breast cancer diagnosis during her lifetime, and about 1 in every 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer, like Laura. Too many women have lost that battle – breast cancer is the second-leading cancer killer of women today, just behind lung cancer.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time for us to reflect and rededicate ourselves to fighting this disease.
With early detection, many women can take the first steps toward treatment. In fact, most women with breast cancer will survive it. We just need to make sure that women get the screenings, like mammograms, that can help catch breast cancer early and start them on the path toward treatment.
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