UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital has turned its campus pink to help raise breast cancer awareness and show support for breast cancer survivors.
During October, which is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, the skywalks and Nassif Pavilion light at St. Luke’s will glow pink.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there are about 240,000 cases of breast cancer diagnosed in women and about 2,100 in men in the United States. About 42,000 women and 500 men in the U.S. die each year from breast cancer. Black women have a higher rate of death from breast cancer than all other women. Breast cancer is second most common cancer for women in the U.S.
Breast cancer survival rates have been increasing over the years due to awareness, earlier detection and advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of the cancer. Screening mammograms are the best tool for early detection of breast cancer, ask your doctor for a referral for a mammogram and to schedule visit https://bit.ly/STLMamm.
