Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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KAFE Cares about our community. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. From early detection to lowering your risks; get the latest on research and the fight against breast cancer.

•From genetics, to age, here are tips on lowering breast cancer risks!

•What you can do to detect breast cancer early.

•Tips on how breast cancer is treated.

•Find the “can” in breast cancer survivor stories! Here, and here.

•From what it is, to what to wear and where to go! Tips for getting your mammogram!

•The ACS definitive guide to research, treatment and inspirational breast cancer survivor stories!

KAFE’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month information is made possible by the Bellingham Breast Center…proud to be the first accredited breast center in Washington State.

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