Breast Cancer Kills More Than 42,000 People Each Year
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CHIEFLAND Thursday, October 3, 2019 Proudly servingIT Chiefland and LevyZEN County for 68 years 2 section,C 18 pages Volume 68, Number 26 www.chieflandcitizen.com Chiefland, FL 32644 $.75 Arrington says "Act now!" Cancer survivor encourages women to "Get in touch with your body" By Suzette Cook School has this advice to anyone who has a Reporter gut feeling that something might be wrong with their health: “Learn how to do a breast “I have been given the opportunity to be exam, get in touch with your body and if you where I am right now so I can reach out to feel like something isn’t right with your body, other women,” said Alisha Arrington of Tren- don’t take no for an answer.” ton, a breast cancer survivor. If Arrington had not followed her own ad- The 35-year-old mother of five sons and vice, she says she knows that the Stage 3 Tri- 2002 graduate of Chiefland Middle High ple Negative breast cancer she discovered while doing a monthly breast exam would have spread to Stage 4 and beyond. For Arrington, the early signs of cancer started last year as she discovering bruises on her body. “I never imagined it could be cancer,” she said. “I always did my monthly breast exam and I was in the shower and felt a mass the size of a golf ball. “I knew it in my heart it was breast cancer.” Arrington said she immediately called her gynecologist, who tried to put her on the schedule a few weeks out. “You are going to see me today,” she says was her message to the scheduler. “I was not going to take no for Alisha Arrington brags to friends about an answer.” never having a "bad hair day" when it rains. In less than two weeks time, a nurse who family history of breast cancer stop her from brought her in the next day for a mammogram demanding immediate medical attention. and an ultrasound saw Arrington. “It was that fast,” Arrington says. “They had Arrington hadn’t had a mammogram yet me with a surgeon the next day doing a biopsy. Arrington had her family's full support as since they usually aren’t recommended for The next day they had the results confirming she went through the trauma of dealing with women until the age of 40. breast cancer. Arrington didn’t let the fact that there was no See CANCER Page 3 Breast cancer kills Trail ride to benefit more than 42,000 breast cancer patients By Lori Prevatt The club has one large event people each year Correspondant each year, which is the Breast Cancer Awareness Trail Ride. If you have a love for This year’s event will be held By Carolyn Ten Broeck sive cancer that is the U.S. This includes horseback riding and like on Oct. 19 at Goethe’s Tide- earliest form of breast women currently be- to volunteer your time to water Trailhead. The event begins at 8 a.m. This year more than cancer, will be diag- ing treated and wom- help others, the Levy Coun- ty Horse Club Trail Riders and the entry fee is $30. 268, 600 new cases of nosed. en who have finished (LCHCT) might be a club you invasive breast can- More than 41,760 treatment. are interested in. See TRAIL Page 3 cer will be diagnosed women and 500 men A woman’s risk of in American women. will die this year from breast cancer near- That’s over 16,000 breast cancer. ly doubles if she has more cases than two One out of eight a first-degree rela- years ago. About women, about 12 tive (mother, sister, 2,670 new cases will percent, will develop daughter) who has be diagnosed in men. breast cancer in their been diagnosed with Additionally, 62,930 lifetime. breast cancer. Less new cases of carcino- Breast cancer is the than 15 percent of ma in situ, a noninva- second leading cause women who get breast of cancer death in cancer have a family women. Only lung member diagnosed CHIEFLAND cancer kills more with it. CITIZEN women each year. The Death rates from chance that a woman breast cancer have 624 W. Park Ave will die from breast been dropping since Chiefland, Fl 32626 Phone: 352-493-4796 cancer is about 1 in about 1989, with larg- 38, about 3 percent. er decreases in women Besides skin cancer, younger than 50. These breast cancer is the decreases are believed most commonly diag- to be the result of find- nosed cancer among ing breast cancer ear- American women. In lier through screening 2019, it's estimated and increased aware- that about 30 percent ness, as well as better of newly diagnosed treatments. PHOTO BY LORI PREVATT/CORRESPONDANT cancers in women will The Chiefland Citi- Magadalena Grace Chakra gets ready to hit the trail with her horse be breast cancers. zen proudly recogniz- adorned in pink at the 2018 Breast Cancer Trail ride. In women under es October as Breast 45, breast cancer is Cancer Awareness more common in Af- Month and in support, rican-American wom- we proudly print our 31st Annual Peanut Festival is Saturday en than white women. front page to draw The largest ever Central Florida always lots of freebies and you want Overall, African-Amer- attention to the need Peanut Festival takes place this Sat- to make sure to get your free grilled ican women are more for early detection. urday, Oct. 5 in Heritage Park in the peanut butter and jelly sandwich – a likely to die of breast We urge all wom- heart of Williston. More than 107 dif- Peanut Festival tradition. cancer. For Asian, en (and some men ferent vendors occupying 135 sites Children will delight in the petting will line the entire length of the park. zoo, pony ride, inflatables and an as- Hispanic, and Na- – about one man The daylong community event, sortment of games and rides that in- tive-American women, in every 1,000 gets sponsored by the Williston Area clude a miniature train. the risk of developing breast cancer) to per- Chamber of Commerce, pays homage Butch Batts and the Southbound and dying from breast form monthly self to one of Williston’s major crops – the Band are the headliners in the pavil- cancer is lower. checks, see a physi- peanut. ion and entertainment runs through- As of January 2019 cian and have a mam- Besides peanuts in every form im- out the entire day. aginable, there’s always an assort- The Peanut Festival runs from 9 there are more than mogram. ment of food items that range from a.m. until 3 p.m. 3.1 million wom- Don’t be a statistic. pizza and Mexican to seafood, crafts, For more information, call 352-528- en with a history of Be a well-educated jewelry, woodworking, homemade 5552, email willistonflcoc@gmail. breast cancer in the consumer. clothing and plants for sale. There are com or visit www.willistonfl.com. 2A Chiefland Citizen Thursday, October 3, 2019 Breast cancer signs and symptoms Potential treatment options after a breast Breast cancer is a formi- dable foe. According to the cancer diagnosis World Health Organization, an estimated 627,000 wom- A breast cancer diagnosis is something no one wants en lost their lives to breast to receive. But the burden of breast cancer is substantial. cancer in 2018. But women In fact, the World Health Organization notes that breast are not helpless in the fight cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in women against breast cancer, as the worldwide. WHO notes early detec- Thankfully, breast cancer survival rates are high tion is critical and could in many parts of the world, particularly in developed potentially save thousands countries such as the United States, Canada and Japan. of lives each year. While survival rates are lower in developing countries, A proactive approach it is encouraging to know that the average five-year is a key component of survival rates are as high as 90 percent in some nations. protecting oneself against That suggests that the strategies used to successfully fight breast cancer. While the breast cancer in developed nations may one day prove as National Breast Cancer effective in developing nations, potentially leading to a Foundation, Inc.® notes sharp decline in global breast cancer deaths. that many breast cancer Upon being diagnosed with breast cancer, patients symptoms are invisible will be educated about a host of potential treatment and not noticeable with- options. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention out a professional cancer note that breast cancer is treated in several ways, and the screening, women can keep course of treatment a doctor recommends will depend an eye out for certain signs on the kind of breast cancer and how far it has spread. In of breast cancer they might addition, according to Breastcancer.org, breast cancer is be able to detect on their made up of many different kinds of cancer cells, which own. Monthly self-exams often necessitates the use of various types of treatments can help women more to get rid of the cancer. easily identify changes The following are some treatment options doctors in their breasts. During may discuss with breast cancer patients. such self-exams, women • Surgery: Breastcancer.org notes that surgery is can look for the following typically the first line of attack against breast cancer. The signs and symptoms and CDC says the goal of surgery is to cut out cancer tissue.