Editor's Note

A cause we hold near and dear to our hearts at Pen Pal and at Quill.com is breast cancer awareness. While October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, we encourage all you to learn the facts about breast cancer so that you can keep yourself in the know all year long. Knowledge about this disease could save your life.

Did you know that one out of eight women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer in her lifetime? I was floored when I read that statistic from City of Hope™. That’s a very large number of women in the U.S. being directly affected by this disease. Think of eight of your girlfriends. Based on that statistic, one of them will get breast cancer. Chances are you know someone right now with this disease. Fortunately, due to early diagnosis and effective treatments, more women are surviving breast cancer.

I can’t urge you enough to learn how to perform breast self-exams now and see your doctor for regular mammograms starting at age 40. Breast cancer that is found early is the most treatable.

Please be sure to read this month’s News You Can Use article on City of Hope for some powerful information about this cancer center.

Christy Wolf

Editor

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