Mrs. Hirono and other speakers will focus on the importance of women getting regular check-ups for breast cancer beginning at age 40. Activities are scheduled to start at 11 a.m. and media are encouraged to attend.
Any woman can get cancer.
Getting tested regularly helps you beat it. The event will also highlight DOH's Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program. This program began its screening in three locations in July 1997, and now has eleven locations statewide. In the past two years it has provided services to over 1500 women. The best protection against breast cancer is early detection.