Sayles Belton addressed the crowd and urged all women, especially those over 40, to get a regular mammogram. Andrea Lloyd Curry , Sayles Belton and Kinkead cut the ribbon to start the Dribble and an impressive stream of white T-shirts filled the streets of Minneapolis. The 2.5 mile route took participants through the heart of Minneapolis, around the Metrodome and back to Target Center. Back at the Lynx home court, Dribble participants watched the Lynx scrimmage, and enjoyed entertainment and activities. For the average woman in the United States, age specific probabilities of developing breast cancer are one in 235 from birth to age 39, one in 25 from age 40 to 59, and one in 15 from age 60 to 79.
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, exceeded only by lung cancer.
Most people know someone who has had breast cancer. Sandy Cunningham, Executive Basketball Assistant for the Timberwolves, and Jean Sullivan, Controller for the Lynx and Timberwolves, have had breast cancer. Cunningham was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995. After going through an array of tests and appointments, she had a lumpectomy performed. A lumpectomy is a surgical procedure where the tumor is removed, plus a small amount of surrounding tissue.