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Radiography students promote breast cancer awareness

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Students in Southeast Technical's Radiography program will be providing information on breast cancer, mammographies, and the role a radiographer plays in breast health Wednesday, Oct. 26, and Thursday, Oct. 27, in the Winona campus student center area between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Stop by for information, pink ribbons, cookies, and pink lemonade.

Did you know?

  • The chance of a woman having invasive breast cancer some time during her life is a little less than 1 in 8.
  • The chance of dying from breast cancer is about 1 in 35 or about 39,520 deaths during 2011.
  • Women breast cancer death rates have been going down. This is probably the result of finding the cancer earlier and better treatment.
  • In 2011, among men, about 2,140 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed. About 450 men will die from breast cancer.

(Statistics provided by the American Cancer Society)