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        Mammogram Instead of Instagram

        • Robin Southworth
          • October 7, 2014
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      instagram-mammogramIt’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

      While most people are aware of breast cancer, many forget to take the steps to have a plan to detect the disease in its early stages and encourage others to do the same.

      Anyone can get breast cancer, including men!

      Detection

      Breast cancer most often appears in the fatty tissue on the pectoral muscle, and then metastasizes to the pectoral muscle and then continues to spread to the organs causing death. This is why it is best treated when it is detected in its early stage.

      Plan

      Create an Early Detection Plan and invite others to do the same.

      Don’t  Instagram, Mammogram!

       

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