Statistics show that one in eight women in the U-S will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is one of those women and is speaking out to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and to promote early detection.
She says, despite its prominence, most people don’t think breast cancer could happen to them…
“We’re all focused on those articles that say, ‘Reduce your cancer risk, you can do this,’ and you know some of it’s true, right? And I read them; everyone reads them. But you shouldn’t take that as meaning you’re not in the group that could get it. Because it has been proven time and time again.”
Klobuchar says cancer doesn’t choose you solely on genetics, race, or age, and everyone must be vigilant.
The National Breast Cancer Foundation reports women who receive regular screening have a 26 percent lower breast cancer death rate than women who don’t.
(content: courtesy MNN)
