October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. That might not mean much to you if you haven’t been touched in some way by the disease.
But the truth is, each year breast cancer kills more than 42,000 women and men in the U.S., and 1 in every 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lifetime.
Researchers worldwide continue to look for effective treatments and, ultimately a cure. But that takes money, and it takes money to make sure that those fighting breast cancer themselves have access to the treatment and services they need.
Pink ribbons don’t cure breast cancer. Music doesn’t cure it either. But pink ribbons — and shirts and hats and bumper stickers — can help make sure that we don’t ever forget the patients, the