Cavan Oireachtas members support of Breast Cancer Awareness

Breast Cancer Awareness Month runs until October 31.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness about the impact of breast cancer.

Supporting the initiative, Cavan-Monaghan Fianna Fail TD’s and Senators joined fellow party colleagues outside of Leinster House.

The awareness campaign continues from October 1 to the end of the month, October 31.

A number of events are taking place nationally, with the ‘Care for your Pair’ leading the wayt and spreading the word about breast health.

BreastCheck, part of the National Screening Service, offers breast cancer screening to women aged from 50-69 every two years. Every year approximately 3,500 (or 1 in 7) women are diagnosed with breast cancer in Ireland, making it the most common invasive cancer among women. Of these, BreastCheck will detect approximately 1,200 women (33%) with breast cancer per year.

A National Cancer Registry Ireland (NCRI) trends report released in September highlighted the positive effect BreastCheck is having on breast cancer incidence and mortality in Ireland – reducing the impact of this potentially devastating disease on women and their families.