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Regardless of gender or gender identity, breast cancer affects us all.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer\u00a0<\/span>with<\/span>in her lifetime<\/span><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>Although<\/span>\u00a0it is<\/span>\u00a0rare, men get breast cancer too.\u00a0<\/span>It\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0probable that you\u00a0<\/span>or someone you know has been personally affected by breast cancer.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb _builder_version=”4.8.1″ _module_preset=”default” title=”Breast Cancer Fast Facts ” content_max_width=”100%” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ admin_label=”Fast Facts”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb _builder_version=”4.8.1″ _module_preset=”default” title=”Detection & Prevention ” content_max_width=”100%” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ admin_label=”Detection & Prevention”]<\/p>\n Women who get regular screenings for breast cancer have a\u00a0<\/span>47% lower risk of dying<\/span><\/a>\u00a0from the disease compared to those who\u00a0don\u2019t.\u00a0<\/span>Self-examination<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and regularly getting screened are the key to early detection and prevention.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There are\u00a0several risk factors that you cannot change, such as having a history of breast cancer within your family or having larger breasts. Luckily, there are a few things that you can start doing now, as a college-aged\u00a0person\u00a0to help reduce your risk:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb _builder_version=”4.8.1″ _module_preset=”default” title=”Showing Support ” content_max_width=”100%” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ admin_label=”Show Support”]<\/p>\n There are several ways to show support for those who are affected by breast cancer.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s\u00a0important to be there for the loved ones in our lives, no matter how unsure you might be of your role or how you can help.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2013 Lydia Velishek ’23<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Regardless of gender or gender identity, breast cancer affects us all.\u00a01 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer\u00a0within her lifetime.\u00a0Although\u00a0it is\u00a0rare, men get breast cancer too.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0probable that you\u00a0or someone you know has been personally affected by breast cancer.\u00a0 This year, an estimated\u00a043,600\u00a0women\u00a0will die from breast cancer in the U.S.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":6407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[512,1],"tags":[892,893,906,909,908,907],"class_list":["post-6402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social","category-wellness-blog","tag-clinical-services","tag-healthcare","tag-pink","tag-services","tag-women","tag-womens-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/09\/BCA-Blog-Graphic-scaled.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7PQJv-1Fg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6402"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6410,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6402\/revisions\/6410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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