St. John’s Riverside Hospital: RECOGNIZES NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
Oct
17
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10/17/2011 12:28 PM
- Tuesday, October 4 th – “Journey To Recovery” Breast Cancer Support Group Meeting (7:00pm – 8:00pm)
St. John’s Riverside Hospital
Andrus Pavilion
967 North Broadway
Yonkers, N.Y. 10701
For more information please contact:
Shari Rosenberg at 914-964-4327 or srosenberg@riversidehealth.org
- Friday, October 13th – Dr. Martin Wertkin at Manhattan College Breast Cancer Panel (6:00pm – 8:00pm)
4513 Manhattan College Parkway
Bronx, NY 10471-4004
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Friday, October. 14th – Breast Cancer Awareness Table (St. John’s Riverside Hospital, Andrus Pavilion Lobby)
St. John’s Riverside Hospital
Andrus Pavilion
967 North Broadway
Yonkers, N.Y. 10701
For more information please contact:
Joann Rokicki at 914-559-1075 or jrokicki2riversidehelath.org
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- Sunday, October 16th – Breast Cancer Awareness at the Cross County Shopping Center Expo (11:00am – 2:00pm)
800 Mall Walk
Yonkers, N.Y. 10704
For more information please contact:
Liz Pollack at 914-968-9570)
- Tuesday, October 18th – “Journey To Recovery” Breast Cancer Support Group Meeting (7:00pm – 8:00pm)
St. John’s Riverside Hospital
Andrus Pavilion
967 North Broadway
Yonkers, N.Y. 10701
For more information please contact:
Shari Rosenberg at 914-964-4327 or srosenberg@riversidehealth.org
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- Monday, October 24th – ”Look Good…Feel Better” Meeting (4;30pm – 5:30pm)
St. John’s Riverside Hospital
Andrus Pavilion
967 North Broadway
Yonkers, N.Y. 10701
For more information please contact:
Shari Rosenberg at 914-964-4327 or srosenberg@riversidehealth.org
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM). Since the program began in 1985, mammography rates have more than doubled for women age 50 and older and breast cancer deaths have declined.
This is exciting progress, but there are still women who do not take advantage of early detection at all and others who do not get screening mammograms and clinical breast exams at regular intervals. {Insert any or all of the following bullets, depending on your goal.}
· Women age 65 and older are less likely to get mammograms than younger women, even though breast cancer risk increases with age.
· Hispanic women have fewer mammograms than Caucasian women and African American women.
· Women below poverty level are less likely than women at higher incomes to have had a mammogram within the past two years.
· Mammography use has increased for all groups except American Indians and Alaska Natives.
For more information please visit our website www.riversidehealth.org and view our Calendar of Events.