Breast cancer is a major health threat to women around the world. The
number of women affected by breast cancer is shooting up every year.
The sad thing is early diagnosis and treatment can lead to an almost
100 per cent cure rate among those affected by this illness.
Often the problem is not the unavailability of treatment for breast
cancer, but late diagnosis. Awareness of the symptoms of breast cancer
is the only way to assure that every person with the disease will get
an early diagnosis. Many charities and cancer foundations have launched
breast cancer awareness programs with this fact in mind.
The mass appeal of the LiveStrong yellow cancer bracelets from the
Lance Armstrong foundation led breast cancer foundations to launch the
breast cancer awareness bracelets. Pink was chosen as the color for
these bracelets as an expression of the feminine character. Currently
millions of dollars are being generated from the sale of pink ribbons
and breast cancer awareness bracelets, which is going towards
supporting cancer research and for spreading awareness of the disease.
What makes breast cancer insidious is that there are no clear cut
symptoms or criteria that help predict this illness. It doesn’t matter
if you have a family history or not, whether you are young or old, you
can still get breast cancer. Though age increases the risk of breast
cancer, more than 20 per cent of the affected women are those under 50
years.
Even though breast cancer awareness bracelets first came out in pink
color, they now come in a variety of colors and materials. Usually the
rubber and the silicone awareness bracelets sell for around $1. These
bracelets can also be made of pearl, cats eye or any other suitable
material and sell for around $30. These metal and pearl bracelets can
be used as jewelry, and at the same time they support a cause.
Custom-made breast cancer awareness bracelets on which you can stamp
any message that you want are also available. These messages can be of
hope, or endurance, or success. Often, the friends and family of the
cancer patients wear these bracelets to show their support to the
struggling person.
Over the years the sale of breast cancer awareness bracelets has helped
many. There are many discussion and information groups online on cancer
that are supported by money from the sale of these bracelets. There are
‘fund-free mammogram’ facilities available for those who cannot afford
the diagnostic procedure, funded by the sale of these breast cancer
awareness bracelets.
Be it a $1 or a $ 30 breast cancer awareness bracelet, it can go a long way in spreading breast cancer awareness.
