You can also provide guidance on how to check breasts for abnormalities.
Komen encourages you to dedicate this October as a time of action, both for yourself and others.
Self-exams are also easy to do and experts recommend checking breasts every month by touch and sight.
Through research, growing knowledge about breast cancer has led to new therapies and targeted treatments that improved outcomes for many people and replaced the one-size-fits-all treatments of three decades ago.