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This Page is Dedicated to the education, awareness
and fight against breast cancer!
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Information on breast cancer found on www.cancer.org :
- About 212,920 women in the United States will be found to have invasive breast cancer in 2006.
- About 40,970 women will die from the disease this year.
- Right now there are slightly over 2 million women living in the United States who have been treated for breast cancer.
- The chance of a woman having invasive breast cancer some time during her life is about 1 in 8.
- The chance of dying from breast cancer is about 1 in 33. Breast cancer death rates are going down.
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| Breast-Self Examination Calendar and Stickers. |
National Philanthropic Efforts-Susan G. Komen Foundation
Since adoption as the Fraternity's national philanthropy in 1992, the focus of Breast Cancer
research, education, screening and treatment has brought enthusiastic support from Alumnae and collegians, whose mothers,
grandmothers, sisters and friends have been touched by the disease. In return for this outstanding volunteer contribution,
the Komen Foundation awarded the Jill Ireland Award to Zeta Tau Alpha. The ZTA Foundation furnishes more than a quarter of
a million dollars to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation each biennium.
Other National Projects:
- Survivor Program for “Race for the Cure”
- Don’t Be A Fool festivities on April 1st
- THINK-PINK!® in October
- Distribute breast cancer awareness ribbons at NFL football games
- Partnership with Yoplait Yogurt “Saving Lids and Saving Lives”
- Courage night at Besty Johnson stores across the country
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www.komen.org |
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Web site. Zeta Tau Alpha is
a National Series Sponsor of the Survivor Recognition Program at all 112 Race for the Cure® Events nationwide. |
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www.cancer.org |
The American Cancer Society Web site. Provides cancer quizzes, myths and
facts, how to perform a breast self-exam |
| www.canceranswers.org |
This is the Breast Cancer Answers Project Web site. Answers
questions, provides links, has personal stories. |
| www.y-me.org |
The Web site of the Y-Me National Breast
Cancer Organization. Provides information and peer support in both English and Spanish. |
| www.chemocare.com |
Chemo Care is your source for chemotherapy, chemo side
effects and chemotherapy drug information. |
| www.youngsurvival.org |
The Young Survival Coalition (YSC) is dedicated to the
concerns and issues that are unique to young women and breast cancer. |
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