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“I am tired of your pink ribbons!” one of my leukemia doctors said half jokingly in a meeting. He is not alone. Some people think there is too much hype about October as the breast cancer awareness month. If there is one color, one disease, and one month that is clearly etched in public memory, is the pink ribbon and breast cancer awareness during the month of October. From grocery stores to National Football League teams, the message of breast cancer awareness during that month takes precedence. Is it too much to talk about one disease? Are we commercializing this message and perhaps detracting from the intended purpose?1
*Click on the link to the left for a PDF of the full article.
“I am tired of your pink ribbons!” one of my leukemia doctors said half jokingly in a meeting. He is not alone. Some people think there is too much hype about October as the breast cancer awareness month. If there is one color, one disease, and one month that is clearly etched in public memory, is the pink ribbon and breast cancer awareness during the month of October. From grocery stores to National Football League teams, the message of breast cancer awareness during that month takes precedence. Is it too much to talk about one disease? Are we commercializing this message and perhaps detracting from the intended purpose?1
*Click on the link to the left for a PDF of the full article.
“I am tired of your pink ribbons!” one of my leukemia doctors said half jokingly in a meeting. He is not alone. Some people think there is too much hype about October as the breast cancer awareness month. If there is one color, one disease, and one month that is clearly etched in public memory, is the pink ribbon and breast cancer awareness during the month of October. From grocery stores to National Football League teams, the message of breast cancer awareness during that month takes precedence. Is it too much to talk about one disease? Are we commercializing this message and perhaps detracting from the intended purpose?1
*Click on the link to the left for a PDF of the full article.