New Brunswick - The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state's only National Cancer Institute designated center, recently hosted a breast cancer awareness luncheon for the female employees of the City of New Brunswick. Over 150 women participated in the event designed to educate women on ways to detect breast cancer at its earliest stages through breast self-examinations, regular clinical examinations and mammography. The luncheon was in collaboration with Mayor James Cahill who spearheaded the effort.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer found in women.
In New Jersey, over 5,900 women will be diagnosed and 1,500 will succumb to the disease in 1999. Affiliates of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey include Bayshore Community Hospital, CentraState Healthcare System, Jersey Shore Medical Center, Monmouth Medical Center, Raritan Bay Medical Center, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton, and Southern Ocean County Hospital.