cancer types and colors
Cancer Awareness Colors and Months. Many cancer types have a designated color that is used for bracelets, ribbons, and other products. Breast cancer is a perfect example. Pink ribbons are now everywhere and more and more pink products are being sold in an attempt to support women (and men) with breast cancer.
The types of cancer and issues represented by blue ribbons can be alternatively be represented by brown ribbons, so they can also be a symbol of colon cancer, colorectal cancer and anti-tobacco awareness. A number of other colors are used for other types of cancer, although they all also represent other causes. Orange ribbons are used for leukemia and lymphoma awareness along with kidney cancer awareness, while green is also used for kidney cancer.
I wear teal and purple for ovarian cancer and pancreatic cancer. At the Relay for Life event I met many people who had loved ones with brain cancer, that color is gray. Just keep the awareness upâ¦ that is all we can do. Thank you for letting me say my piece.
Although their uses is less prevalent, periwinkle and violet ribbons are used for stomach cancer awareness and Hodgkin's lymphoma, respectively, and not well known for any other causes. Like purple ribbons, blue ribbons represent many things, and among these are two types of cancer, colon cancer and colorectal cancer. Blue ribbons are also used, particularly in Canada, as a symbol for another issue that is related to cancer, anti-tobacco and anti-second-hand-smoke awareness.