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- Copyright (c) 1991-92,1993 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
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- A Resource About Breast Cancer: Early Detection
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- October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a program now in its
- sixth year, and it is important that I bring its message to you. The
- statistics are frightening and breast cancer which will be diagnosed in more
- than 150,000 woman this year as the most common form of cancer in women, and
- their second leading cancer killer. The best defense against this disease is
- early detection, yet when women were questioned about the subject of
- mammography (special x-ray technique that detects masses in the breast) in a
- study conducted by the National Cancer Institute and reported in The Journal
- of the American Medical Association, the most frequently given response for
- not getting a mammogram was that the women did not know they needed one. But
- the word is getting out. William Lalor, President of ICI Pharmaceuticals
- Group wrote to the presidents of all "Fortune 500" industrial companies
- telling them of his company's program which offers free mammography to its
- women employees and encouraging them to do the same. And I am asking you to
- send for your free copy of the booklet "Early Detection. . . Your Best
- Protection" which provides you with the answers to many questions about breast
- cancer, and provides the guidelines for mammography to help you. Send a
- stamped self addressed business sized envelope to Booklet, P.O. Box 4333,
- Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163-4333. The booklet is also available
- in a Spanish language edition. The founding sponsors of National Breast
- Cancer Awareness Month are the American Academy of Family Physicians, ICI
- Pharmaceuticals Group, and the National Cancer Care Foundation. This year
- they are joined by The American Cancer Society, the American College of
- Radiology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the National Alliance of
- Breast Cancer Organizations, the National Cancer Institute, and the Komen
- Foundation.
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- The material contained here is "FOR INFORMATION ONLY" and should not replace
- the counsel and advice of your personal physician. Promptly consulting your
- doctor is the best path to a quick and successful resolution of any medical
- problem.
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