National Breast Cancer Awareness Month -- October 1995
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and October
19 has
been designated National Mammography Day. CDC supports breast and
cervical
cancer early detection efforts through cooperative agreements with
state
health departments in all 50 states. Through a partnership with
CDC, 35
states and nine American Indian tribal organizations offer
affordable
screening mammograms to low-income women.
Additional information about CDC's Breast and Cervical Cancer
Early
Detection Program is available from the Division of Cancer
Prevention and
Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion,
CDC, telephone (770) 488-4226.
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