National Breast Cancer Awareness Month -- October 1998
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This
nationwide
educational campaign directly supports efforts such as CDC's
National
Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) to
increase
public awareness of the importance of screening. A key date in the
month-long campaign is October 16, National Mammography Day, a
yearly
observance formally established by the President in 1992.
Now in its ninth year, the NBCCEDP supports critical breast
and
cervical cancer screening services for underserved women, including
older
women, women with low income, and women of racial/ethnic minority
populations. CDC supports early detection programs in 50 states,
the
District of Columbia, five territories, and 15 programs serving
American
Indians/Alaskan Natives. Through March 1998, these programs have
provided
more than 1.7 million screenings.
Additional information about National 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, World-Wide Web site
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dcpc/nbccedp, and
telephone (770) 488-4751.
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