Breast cancer awareness

It’s October, fall is in the air, and this month the children will be looking forward to Fall Break and Halloween.

October is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to reflect, give back, or even celebrate those affected by breast cancer.

Since 1985, breast cancer awareness month has been an annual campaign to raise awareness of this disease and fund research into its causes, treatment, and cure.

According to Breastcancer.org, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. About 13 percent of women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of their lifetime.

The Choctaw Nation is doing its part to help fight breast cancer by offering Magseed® and Magtrace® technology as an innovative and less invasive option to remove breast lesions or cancer cells in the breast tissue and lymphatic system.

“The advantage of being able to do the Magseed and Magtrace here at Choctaw Nation is that we will be able to localize tumors that are not palpable, meaning you can’t feel them in the breast or other soft tissues,” noted Dr. Amanda Chisum-Price, breast surgeon.

The Choctaw Nation Health Care Center (CNHCC) is the first in Oklahoma to offer the procedures. For more information, call the Choctaw Nation Breast Care Clinic at 800-349-7026.

We are trying to do our part to help combat this disease. I encourage all women and tribal members to do their part and have an annual checkup for early diagnosis.

God bless.