Even with heightened awareness, Marcia Burrowes, 63, initially ignored a lump she felt on her right breast until a friend advised her about screening, which led to her being diagnosed with stage two breast cancer.
She told Stabroek News (SN) that she “thought it [the lump] would go away and did not take it for anything.” She is now relieved that she was able to detect it early and become a survivor.
The CIG held its breast cancer awareness walk in Georgetown on Sunday, trumpeting its motto: “Early detection saves lives,” and “cancer is curable.”
