National Breast Cancer Awareness Month -- October 1997
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM).
NBCAM is dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of
early
detection of breast cancer. In 1992, the President signed official
legislation establishing an annual National Mammography Day, which
this
year is October 17. The combined efforts of 17 national public
service
organizations, prefessional associations, and government agencies
will
attempt to bring NBCAM to the attention of persons across the
United
States.
Through the National Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer Early
Detection Program (NBCCEDP), CDC supports early detection of breast
and
cervical cancers by providing financial and technical assistance to
health
departments in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, five
territories,
and 15 programs serving American Indians/Alaskan Natives. CDC also
collaborates with several national organizations that have breast
cancer
initiatives. Additional information about Breast Cancer Awareness
Month
and the NBCCEDP is available from CDC's Division of Cancer
Prevention
and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health
Promotion, telephone (770) 488-4751, and from the World-Wide Web
site
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dcpc.
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