Approximately 266,120 individuals will or have been diagnosed with breast cancer in the year 2018.
Breast cancer impacts and influences the life of many men and women.
Although there is no definite cure for breast cancer, there are multiple ways to aid in preventing the development of breast cancer.
“The Student Health and Wellness Center is committed to educating students on a variety of topics and teaching them numerous ways to take preventative measures. Breast cancer is a wildly recognized chronic disease that impacts and touches the lives of millions of women.
However, women are not the only ones who may get affected, breast cancer may also be detected in a small of percentage of the male population. Therefore, it is crucial for all our students to get exposed and informed to all of this information because it’s never to soon to be cautious about your heath,” said Jo Elda Castillo-Alaniz, health and wellness director.
Attaining different information and simply getting exposed to different statistics may improve your health immensely.
Therefore, Texas A&M University-Kingsville will be hosting its 18th annual breast cancer awareness walk/run Saturday, Oct. 27, sponsored by the Student Health and Wellness and Alpha Sigma Alpha.
“I think it’s important to get informed about this type of information, because as young people, we don’t really think breast cancer is something to worry about. We think ‘I’ll worry about it when I’m older’ but the reality is cancer doesn’t care about age, it may attack anyone. Getting informed is the best thing you can do,” said Nancy Robles, pre-dental major.
Students will get the opportunity to honor and remember their loved ones by advocating for breast cancer awareness.
The three mile walk/run will begin in the front courtyard of the Memorial Student Union Building at 9 a.m. On-site registration will begin between 8:15 a.m. and 8:40 a.m.
No fee will be charged to participate in the breast cancer awareness walk but donations will be accepted to support The Susan G. Komen foundation.
The Susan G. Komen Foundation’s goal is to significantly reduce the amount of deaths and help find a cure and educate others about this chronic disease.
“I’m excited to participate in the 5k breast cancer awareness walk/run because my mom is a breast cancer survivor. Breast cancer impacted my life immensely that’s why I think people should get informed in order to prevent breast cancer,” said Inri Sorto, business management major.
