Wellness Wednesday: Demystifying Breast Cancer

YWCA South Florida Inc Family Wellness Program provides FREE Breast and Cervical Cancer Screenings, health education workshops, and a cancer support group. Join us as we empower our community through education. Wellness Wednesday is a series aimed at bridging the gap between ever-evolving medicine and the community's understanding of common health disparities that affect minority populations. Let’s start the needed conversations. Check out our interview with Dr. Priscilla Barreto Coelho from the University of Miami Health System today discussing Breast Cancer.

Takeaways
The most common type of breast cancer is invasive ductal carcinoma
In the United States, the 5-year survival rate for Breast Cancer is about 90%, and the 10-year survival rate is 86%
It is important to keep up with breast cancer screenings to better increase one’s chances of early detection and survival of breast cancer if diagnosed.
According to the full recommendation from the American Cancer Association, yearly breast cancer screenings should begin as early as 45 to 55 years of age.

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