{"id":1332,"date":"2018-10-05T11:21:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T16:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avenue360.org\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2018-10-05T11:23:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T16:23:18","slug":"october-is-breast-cancer-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avenue360.org\/blog\/october-is-breast-cancer-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"October\u00a0is Breast Cancer Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1327 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/avenue360.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Depositphotos_35349215_s-2015.jpg\" alt=\"Depositphotos 35349215 S 2015\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>October\u00a0is Breast Cancer Awareness Month<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Breast cancer is the second most common kind of cancer in women. About 1 in 8 women born today in the United States will get breast cancer at some point.<strong> \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>The good news is that most women can survive breast cancer if it\u2019s found and treated early. A mammogram \u2013 the screening test for breast cancer \u2013 can help find breast cancer early when it\u2019s easier to treat.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are a woman age 40 to 49, talk with your doctor about when to start getting mammograms and how often to get them.<\/li>\n<li>If you are a woman age 50 to 74, be sure to get a mammogram every 2 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cancer begins in the cells which are the basic building blocks that make up tissue. Tissue is found in the breast and other parts of the body.\u00a0 Sometimes, the process of cell growth goes wrong and new cells form when the body doesn\u2019t need them and old or damaged cells do not die as they should.\u00a0 When this occurs, a build up of cells often forms a mass of tissue called a lump, growth, or tumor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<a class=\"validating\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalbreastcancer.org\/breast-cancer-facts\">Breast Cancer Facts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October\u00a0is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Breast cancer is the second most common kind of cancer in women. About 1 in 8 women born today in the United States will get breast cancer at some point. \u00a0\u00a0The good news is that most women can survive breast cancer if it\u2019s found and treated early. 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