
Breast Cancer Awareness Month with leading breast cancer surgeon Dr Jasmina Kevric
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month around the world, and I wanted to use my voice to bring this conversation to the surface. Because this year, breast cancer has become very personal for me. Since the start of this year, two incredibly close people in my life have been diagnosed with breast cancer. And as I started speaking more openly about what they were going through, something else happened that I wasn't expecting. Other women started sharing their stories with me. Women I knew who had been through breast cancer themselves, or had watched their mum, sister, daughter or friend go through it. And I realised just how many stories are sitting quietly around us. Breast cancer is not some distant disease that happens to other people. It is affecting an extraordinary number of families, and the statistics really bring that home. Today I want to re-share an important interview I had earlier this year with leading breast cancer surgeon, Dr Jasmina Kevric, who is working with women every single day, and at the forefront of this disease. Breast cancer affect 1 in 7 women in Australia with about 56-58 women being diagnosed every single day. And about 1 in 8 women in the US. In Australia, around 56 people are diagnosed with breast cancer every single day. That's more than 20,000 people a year. And while those numbers are confronting, there is another statistic that gives us hope. Five-year survival for breast cancer in Australia has improved dramatically over the past few decades. It has risen from around 75% in the late 1980s and early 1990s to more than 92% today. That is an incredible reflection of what research, medical advancements and better treatment can achieve. // Check out my new wellness marketplace, curated just for you! SHOP THE BRANDS I LOVE: Shop our tried & tested health and wellness brands. Maritza Barone Loves... // ▶︎ Join me on Instagram to let me know what your 'things you can't un-hear' moment was from this episode Maritza Barone (@maritza_barone) • Instagram profile Things You Can’t Un-Hear 🎧 (@thingsyoucantunhear) • Instagram profile *If you love this show don't forget to subscribe and leave a 5 star review and subscribe! Things You Can't Un-Hear Podcast | Self Improvement and Wellbeing Podcast We always want to keep the conversation going with you. We want to know how you feel and what you think too! So here are all the ways you can join our community! ▶︎ Subscribe to the fortnightly email: Things You Can't Un-Hear Podcast | Self Improvement and Wellbeing Podcast ▶︎ Subscribe to our TYCU YouTube Channel to watch the show and our new LIVE EVENTS Things You Can't Un-Hear by Maritza Barone This podcast is licensed by Nova Entertainment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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