Alert Day: Breast cancer awareness - WPBF West Palm beach

Alert Day: Breast cancer recognition

up to date: 10:30 AM EDT Oct 20, 2016

WEBVTT in the lessen 80'S AND in a single day LOWS in the 60'S. ERIN these days IS AN ALERT DAY ON WPBF 25 news talking ALL ABOUT BREAST cancer. ALL DAY lengthy we're HIGHLIGHTING THE latest technologies and coverings. becoming a member of US nowadays IS DR. THOMAS KLEIN. YOU have been WITH US earlier than AND WE recognize YOU joining US FOR OCTOBER. YOU SAY it is a BUSY MONTH. LET'S beginning WITH THE instructions. they've modified OVER THE closing COUPLE OF YEARS, form of confusing. WHAT DO YOU need individuals to grasp WHEN IT comes to THE guidelines AND BREAST cancer? THE guidelines FOR MAMMOGRAMS HAVE changed quite somewhat. there's a lot of CONTROVERSY AS TO WHO should BE GETTING MAMMOGRAMS. on the AGE OF forty should still BE speakme TO YOUR doctor concerning the ANNUAL SCREENING OF MAMMOGRAMS. FOR SOME girls THAT may well be TOO EARLY however FOR OTHERS THAT can be simply correct. if you have long gone 10 to twenty YEARS WITH usual MAMMOGRAMS you could delivery reducing re turned, however I believe annually IS a pretty good BASELINE. ERIN: WHEN IT comes to raising cash, WE focus on OCTOBER BEING SO BUSY AND millions AND thousands and thousands OF bucks RAISED each year. where do we STAND, ARE WE MAKING growth IN fighting THIS HORRIFIC sickness? >> we're truly MAKING growth. THE MORTALITY price changed into STAGNANT but it surely HAS began to come back DOWN. WE ATTRIBUTE THAT TO EARLY PREVENTION AND remedy. WE are also finding THAT a few of OUR more moderen treatments AND CHEMOTHERAPY IS HAVING a big effect ON HOW girls DO. ERIN what is THERE WHEN IT comes to combating BREAST cancer? I believe each year there is whatever thing NOW. >> THERE A basically NEW developments every year. WE try TO figure out how to GET THE GRE effects WITH less INVASIVE remedies. FOR MO ladies IT was once AFTER surgery HE WOULD ought to HAVE SIX AND A HALF WEEKS OF each day RADIATION. WE are now in a position to present THAT IN A SINGLE DOSE within the OR while yo u are beneath ANESTHESIA. ERIN: what's the largest MAKE THAT -- MISTAKE THAT women MAKE WHEN IT comes to EARLY DETECTION? >> in terms of EARLY DETECTION, I consider girls consider they are supposed to consider some thing wrong WITH THEM, IF there's some thing inside MY physique i will be able to be aware of. THE truth OF THE be counted IS THAT EARLY STAGE BREAST cancer HAS NO symptoms and that is WHY WE recommend MAMMOGRAMS TO assist establish THESE CANCERS before THEY become SYMPTOMATIC. ERIN: I understand it IS A SMALL percentage THAT I need to SHOUT OUT TO THE guys because THEY also should BE privy to BREAST melanoma. >> MALE BREAST cancer is set 1% OF BREAST melanoma SO it's pretty rare but guys DO GET BREAST cancer. remedies ARE THE equal and that they DO fairly smartly WITH OUR remedy. WE definitely SEE men AND as long as they have got first rate outcomes. ERIN: confidently we're in a position to SHARE a lot of in fact good suggestions.