ADVISORY/Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante Joins Local Breast Cancer Survivors to Commemorate National Mammography Day.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Friday (Oct. 20) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Vons/Safeway Contributes $165,000 to Help Fight Breast Cancer
WHAT: Breast cancer awareness advocate Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante
will join local breast cancer survivors to commemorate the
15th anniversary of National Mammography Day.
Vons makes presentation of $165,000 check to local breast
cancer organizations and research groups
WHO: Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante; multi-lingual breast cancer
survivors; Vons President, Tom Keller; Partnered For Progress
health officials; Pacificare
WHEN: Friday, Oct. 20, 2000
10:00am-10:30am Press Conference
WHERE: Vons Store, 3461 West Third Street, Los Angeles
Corner of Third Street & Vermont Avenue
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To commemorate com·mem·o·rate tr.v. com·mem·o·rat·ed, com·mem·o·rat·ing, com·mem·o·rates 1. To honor the memory of with a ceremony. See Synonyms at observe. 2. To serve as a memorial to. the 15th Anniversary of National Mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her Day, Vons/Safeway has partnered with the California Department of Health Services Department of Health Services may refer to:
Since the DHS-BCEDP program began in 1991, over 420,000 women have been screened for breast and cervical cancer Cervical Cancer Definition Cervical cancer is a disease in which the cells of the cervix become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably, forming tumors. . The first of its kind in the nation, low-income women can access the DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) statewide hotline (800/511-2300) for information in Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean and Chinese -- both Mandarin Mandarin (măn`dərĭn) [Port. mandar=to govern, or from Malay mantri=counselor of state], a high official of imperial China. For each of the nine grades there was a different colored button worn on the dress cap. and Cantonese dialects Noun 1. Cantonese dialect - the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China Cantonese, Yue, Yue dialect . This year alone in California, 20,045 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and another 4,380 will die from the disease. Early detection of breast cancer is critical to treatment, survival and reduction of treatment costs. To mark the 15th anniversary, Vons/Safeway will be presenting a $165,000 contribution to breast cancer awareness advocate Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante to help support breast cancer organizations statewide. This week, health care volunteers are staffing tables at various Vons stores providing breast cancer education materials to customers. |
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