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"Walk for Life" To Bring Awareness to
Breast Cancer Today
October is breast cancer aware month and all
types of activities and events have been
ongoing the last three weekends in various
parts of San José and the country.
Today, October 25, is the latest installment
of activities to bring awareness to breast
cancer, with the walk "Carrera y Caminata
por la vida" (Race and Walk for Life)
sponsored by Avon.
The walk will begin on Paseo Colón and end
at the Plaza de la Democracia, three
kilometres, led by survivors of breast
cancer.
In Costa Rica breast cancer is the leading
cause of death in women with some 1.000
cases a year being detected.
Adolfo Ortiz, heading the Red Oncológica
Nacional (National Cancer Network) said the
mortality rate from breast cancer in Costa
Rica is 12.6 to 100.000 women. |
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