<p>The world wide known symbol <strong>cancer breast awareness</strong> is the pink ribbon. The story of the logo goes back in 1991 New York City. Participants to the race supporting <a href="http://w-breastcancer.com/">breast cancer </a>patients and survivors were given pink ribbons. One year after that Estee Lauder and Alexandra Penney thought of the idea to make the ribbons more popular throughout the country and maybe outside its borders. The color was decided a few months later and it was set to pink. This is the brief story of how the <strong>breast cancer awareness logo</strong> was born.
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From now on every person wearing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_ribbon" target="_blank">pink ribbon</a> said to the world: I support fight against breast cancer! Millions and millions of people are proud to wear the ribbon as a sign of total and complete support.



Unfortunately, breast cancer has spread more and more over the years. The logo did the same. The pink ribbon is not just a ribbon any more; it is a statement, a declaration. If you want the ribbon stands for human compassion and solidarity for a noble cause.

One breast cancer survivor thought that the world did not have enough pink ribbons. That is why she started something called <a href="http://www.pinkribbonshop.com/" target="_blank">The Pink Ribbon Shop</a>. In essence this shop sells only products that have the <strong>breast cancer awareness logo</strong> on them. The list of products is so long that is truly very hard to just name them. Everything is in there and when I say everything I actually mean everything. You can start with your everyday t shirt or socks, with jewelry and all kind of accessories, books and bookmarks, with cell and even car accessories up to supplies for parties or items for children. Basically every product can feature the logo.



The idea of this shop came after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The news came as a shock, as it generally does. She began to gather information about this form of cancer, about cure, about treatment and other details, important details related to it. At the same time she started wearing the pink ribbon so that the people around her would know her story. It was her way of helping other with information. The effects around her were visible, people were learning about breast cancer, a bunch of colleagues and relatives, and friends went for a breast exam.

Realizing that the pink ribbon does raise awareness she wanted to reach more and more people. However, there weren’t enough pink ribbon products to make this work. This is how the shop came to an existence. All the money obtained from selling these products end up to breast cancer support centers or to organizations that assist cancer patients and support medical research. The shop continues to develop and expand. Everyone is welcomed to give a hand and to help this noble cause.

Gestures like this one are rare and worthy of all our admiration. If more people did what this woman did the world would be a much better place.

In conclusion we should all think about what gestures we’ve done so far and how we can improve them. As simple as a pink ribbon.

Breast cancer represents a leading risk for the health of women everywhere and more and more women want to learn more about it and to understand how to keep safe from it. Precious information can be made available through brochures and fliers, and even if most of them would only be wasted paper nobody cares to read, one brochure that makes one woman start to self examine herself regularly is enough to make it all worthwhile. Spreading them around is not a bad idea but the most important thing is that they are accessible and easy to find for women that want to become more aware about its dangers or even have small suspicions about her own health. Sometimes just realizing your life is packed with breast cancer risk factors is enough to make you schedule yourself for a mammography.
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So where can you find such brochures? Many institutions take on the responsibility of providing them on of the main authorities in the field being the American Cancer Society, which delivers free brochures about all cancers. The ACS also makes them very easy to obtain as all you have to do is place an order for a brochure by phone. You can call 1-800-ACS-2345 and ask for the brochures for a particular type of cancer to be mailed to you at no cost whatsoever. This is a great initiative and many people don't have to find their way on infinite internet pages and forums to get the essential information on how to prevent, diagnose and treat different types of cancer, breast cancer being just one in a long line of types of cancer.



All of them are in English but some also have Spanish versions available and you can even download some of them on your computer having immediate access to the essential information you need to put your mind at ease. You can even search them by category and them just call and say which one you'd like to have delivered. There's virtually no excuse to remain ignorant or to postpone dealing with certain suspicions you have about the condition of your breasts.



From these brochures you can learn how to diagnose breast cancer before going in for a specialized test. Of course you can't be sure but detecting the slightest change in your breast can be vital as it can help you diagnose the cancer in an earlier stage. Information about how to perform a regular self examination of your breast can also be made available and comprehensive through such brochures. Treatment options for breast cancer and statistics helping you make a prognosis for yourself are also things you might find very useful to know. You shouldn't completely entrust your doctor with your life but adopt  proactive attitude to give yourself the best chances of preventing or fighting the cancer.