The key is early detection: women must be aware of the risk factors.
A woman's chance of having breast cancer increases with age, with a genetic history of breast cancer in the family,
and with excessive use or abuse of alcohol. While there certainly are some genetic predispositions
over which a woman has little or no control, she can take control of her life and reduce her risk for breast cancer
by maintaining a healthy weight and exercise routine, reducing consumption of alcoholic beverages,
and routinely engaging in self-exams followed by doctor's visits at the sense of anything unusual.

Though it is possible for men to be diagnosed with breast cancer, this disease predominantly affects women.
It is our obligation as women, to our community, to our family, to our children, and to ourselves,
to be aware of the facts and to fight for a cure to breast cancer.