OUR MISSION
COMMUNITY PATIENT NAVIGATORS
COMMUNITY PATIENT NAVIGATORS
- TO REACH as many women as possible.
- TO TEACH as many women as possible.
- TO CONNECT as many women as possible to available information, resources and services.
- TO SAVE as many women's lives as possible.
WE OFFER NON-CLINICAL PATIENT NAVIGATION, PEER-TO-PEER, AND GROUP BREAST HEALTH EDUCATION
COMMUNITY PATIENT NAVIGATORS
COMMUNITY PATIENT NAVIGATORS
COMMUNITY PATIENT NAVIGATORS
Ladies,
Can we carve out just 5 minutes a month to do a self breast exam and 1 hour a year to get a mammogram? These few minutes could be the difference between saving our breasts and/or saving our lives.
SCHEDULE YOUR MAMMOGRAM TODAY.
MAMMOGRAMS SAVE LIVES!
LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
KNOW THE FACTS
- BREAST CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON CANCER AMONG WOMEN.
- THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES, SUB-TYPES, GRADES AND STAGES.
- ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, MORE THAN 265,000 NEW CASES WILL BE DIAGNOSED THIS YEAR.
- THERE ARE OVER 42,000 BREAST CANCER DEATHS A YEAR.
- OHIO RANKS 4TH IN THE NATION FOR BREAST CANCER DEATHS.
- AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN NOT ONLY DIE MORE, BUT ARE DIAGNOSED AT EARLIER AGES AS WELL AS WITH MORE BIOLOGICALLY AGGRESSIVE AND LATE-STAGE CANCERS.
REDUCE YOUR RISKS
- GET AN ANNUAL MAMMOGRAM STARTING AT AGE 40; EARLIER IF THERE IS A FAMILY HISTORY.
- KNOW YOUR FAMILY HISTORY.
- HAVING DENSE BREASTS IS CONSIDERED A RISK FACTOR; TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT ADDITIONAL SCREENING.
- DO MONTHLY SELF BREAST EXAMS; KNOW YOUR BREASTS.
- IMPROVE YOUR DIET.
- EXERCISE.
- DON'T SMOKE.
- MAINTAIN A HEALTHY WEIGHT.
GET SCREENED
- MAMMOGRAMS SAVE LIVES BECAUSE EARLY CANCERS ARE TOO SMALL TO FEEL.
- EARLY DETECTION IS THE BEST CURE.
- GET SCREENED ONCE A YEAR STARTING AT AGE 40; EARLIER IF THERE IS A FAMILY HISTORY.
BOOST YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
- REDUCE ADDED TOXINS.
- EAT ORGANIC IF POSSIBLE.
- GET ENOUGH EXERCISE AND SLEEP.
- REDUCE STRESS.
- LIMIT ALCOHOL.
- AGAIN, DON'T SMOKE.
CHANGE YOUR DIET
- WHAT YOU EAT IS EITHER HELPING OR HURTING.
- EAT FOODS THAT ARE HIGH IN FIBER, VITAMINS, OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS AND ANTIOXIDANTS.
- DRINK GREEN TEA AND WATER.
- EAT ORGANIC GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES AND BERRIES.
- EAT CRUCIFEROUS VEGETABLES SUCH AS BROCCOLI, BRUSSELS SPROUTS AND CAULIFLOWER.
- EAT WHOLE GRAINS.
- EAT CAROTENOIDS SUCH AS RED, ORANGE, GREEN AND YELLOW FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
- EAT ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FOODS SUCH AS CELERY and SPINACH.
- LIMIT RED MEAT AND DAIRY.
- LIMIT SUGAR, FRUIT JUICES AND REFINED CARBS LIKE BAKED GOODS AND WHITE PASTA/RICE.
- LIMIT FAST AND PROCESSED FOOD.
DEBUNK THE MYTHS
- USING ANTIPERSPIRANTS DO NOT CAUSE BREAST CANCER.
- WEARING UNDERWIRE BRAS DO NOT CAUSE BREAST CANCER.
- INJURY TO THE BREAST DOES NOT CAUSE BREAST CANCER.
- BREAST CANCER IS NOT JUST AN OLDER WOMAN'S DISEASE; YOUNGER WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN CAN GET BREAST CANCER.