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On an ordinary day, an ordinary woman turns off the ignition in the parking lot of her doctor's office for a routine check-up. She enters the sterile building, signs in, and waits while flipping through the tattered pages of any choice 'female inspired' magazine until the nurse, clad in white from head to toe, calls her name. The patient enters a new room and, as instructed, changes into a traditional examination gown. She reverts back …

…asonal problem and should not be treated as one. In October which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the disease is plastered across billboards and television advertisements. However, the disease does not magically arrive with the changing of the leaves; the threat is always present. Year-round awareness about prevention is the key in arming oneself against breast cancer, and with more government funding, that key can unlock the door and produce knowledge about preventing breast cancer.