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Presentations prepared by: Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division, Prevention May 2012

Presentations prepared by: Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division, Prevention May 2012. Fight Breast Cancer Prevention and Screening. Outline. Overview of who we are What is breast cancer? Signs and symptoms Risk factors Being breast aware

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Presentations prepared by: Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division, Prevention May 2012

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  1. Presentations prepared by: Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division, Prevention May 2012 Fight Breast Cancer Prevention and Screening

  2. Outline • Overview of who we are • What is breast cancer? • Signs and symptoms • Risk factors • Being breast aware • The Thingamaboob – why early detection and screening matters

  3. How we’re fighting cancer • doing everything we can to prevent cancer • funding research to outsmart cancer • empowering, informing and supporting Canadians living with cancer • advocating for public policies to improve the health of Canadians • rallying Canadians to get involved in the fight against cancer

  4. Breast cancer rates are declining • Source: Canadian Cancer Statistic 2012, Table 4.8Sw

  5. How common is breast cancer? • 9 100 women in Ontario diagnosed • 2 000 women in Ontario will die • Canadian Cancer Statistics, 2010

  6. What is breast cancer?

  7. Risk factors Most significant • female • being 50 or older

  8. Risk factors Most significant • female • being 50 or older Also important • having breast cancer before • family history of breast cancer • family history of ovarian cancer • estrogen exposure • history of certain breast conditions • dense breast tissue (mammogram) • radiation treatment to chest (e.g. Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma)

  9. Risk factors • Other • obesity • alcohol • taking birth control pills • higher socio-economic status Most significant • female • being 50 or older Also important • having breast cancer before • family history of breast cancer • family history of ovarian cancer • estrogen exposure • history of certain breast conditions • dense breast tissue (mammogram) • radiation treatment to chest (e.g. Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma)

  10. Early Detection • Get familiar with how your breasts look and feel

  11. True or False: Most lumps in the breast are cancerous.

  12. Average-risk screening guidelines

  13. Average-risk screening guidelines

  14. How can I get screened? • Talk to your healthcare professional • or • Call the Ontario Breast Screening Program • (1 800 668-9304)

  15. Pass it on!

  16. Average-risk screening guidelines

  17. High-Risk Screening Guidelines

  18. Fight Back against Breast Cancer • Be breast aware • If you’re 50-69, get a mammogram every 2 years. • Pass on the Thingamaboob message to the women in your life!

  19. For the most up-to-date information: • visit www.cancer.ca • call the Canadian Cancer Society Cancer Information Service at 1 888 939-3333 Thank you! Presentation prepared by: Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division, Public Affairs, Prevention Aug 2010

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