Breast Cancer Foundation chief executive officer Carole Renouf says that young women who are stricken with breast cancer are not receiving the help and support they need.
Breast cancer is not only stealing away the life and vigor out of the women it victimizes. Breast cancer also steals away the potentials of any woman to excel in a career. This is especially in the case of younger women who battle against the disease as it had been found out that the cancer is more aggressive if its symptoms surface early in a woman's life.
Young women then face the battle with greater pressure from the taking off of their personal and independent lives are put on the line. Those who are yet starting to earn money to their names are facing financial turmoils as the treatment of the disease is very demanding on one's pockets. The downtime caused by the treatment that requires one to skip work to attend sessions, checkups and to recuperate also add to the odd equation.
All in all, the foundation faces all these concerns and hopes to present a solution that will cater support and help to young women who are stricken with the disease. This is especially that Renouf and the statisticians in the foundation project that around 800 young women, in Australia alone, could be diagnosed with the disease in the coming year.
Aside from aide offered to young women who have been diagnosed with the cancer, Renouf and her team will also spread awareness for the prevention of the disease. This awareness campaign will focus on the main role-players in the disease' development which includes past exposure to radiation, present of breast cancer or any type of cancer in the family and even previous breast and chest injuries and problems.
All these concerns regarding the need for young women with the disease to be rendered aid to along with the need to spread awareness about the disease will be done for under the umbrella of a project the Breast Cancer Foundation will launch on September 17th this year.