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BY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
October marks National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an organization which has been working to promote awareness and information about the disease, and to provide greater access to screening.
Fund raising events will be going on through October in continued efforts to find a cure for the disease.
The latest efforts include a study from United Kingdom cancer researchers who learned that beta-blockers which are used to lower blood pressure may also control the spread of breast cancer.
According to the International Business Times, the study showed 30 percent of breast cancers spread, and about 90 percent of all deaths from the disease come from the spreading version. The study took research from about 800 patients who had previously been given beta blockers.
And the Daily Record reported that a study from two North Jersey hospitals found genetic testing of breast cancer tumors to offer better options for a more accurate use of chemotherapy. Testing was conducted by the National Cancer Institute along with Morristown Medical Center Overlook Medical Center in Summit.Meanwhile in Somerville, mycentraljersey.com reports that the Women’s Health & Counseling Center and the Somerset County Cancer Coalition will begin its Eighth Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month at 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
Freeholder Deputy Director Patricia L. Walsh will speak and present a proclamation recognizing October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Also, assistant commissioner for the state Division of Family Health Services Dr. Gloria M. Rodriquez will congratulate Women’s Health & Counseling Center for 15 years of offering cancer screening access to uninsured residents of Somerset County.
