Tag: Patricia Mince Santa Cruz CA

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updated: Jun 16, 2017

Santa Cruz, CA, June 16, 2017 (Newswire.com)
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Twelve percent of American women are expected to receive an invasive breast cancer diagnosis during their lifetime. While many of them are predicted to survive, the disease continues to be a leading cause of death. Virtually every woman will be affected by the disease, either through a personal diagnosis or by someone in her social circle developing it. Women, however, are strong and resilient creatures and will not sit idly by, waiting for breast cancer to take them down. Rather, they are rallying together to take the fight straight to the cancer itself. Patricia Mince, a breast cancer survivor, is one of the women leading the way in this endeavor.

Mince has made a commitment to eliminate breast cancer completely. While she feels it is incredibly important that treatment methods are developed to improve overall prognoses and that women are committed to early detection through self-examination, her strongest focus is on stamping out the disease. She is doing this by creating outreach programs to raise awareness about the illness, raising funds, and remembering those women who have been the victims of this disease. To date, she has been able to raise over $100,000 to help her cause, and she is considering having an accessible remembrance wall in Oregon.

When Mince was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, like so many other women, she had to go through grueling treatments. Her cancer went into remission eventually, but she felt that more had to be done. She wants to stop other women from ever having to go through what she went to. Furthermore, breast cancer affects not just the women who have it, but also their families. As soon as she was physically fit and healthy enough, she started her mission to combat the dreaded disease. Since then, she has rallied the troops around her, gathering women, men, and children alike to help raise awareness, petition the government, collect donations and engage in other forms of campaigning. Currently, she has collected over $100,000, and she aims to continue raising more.

One of the key things she is doing to achieve her goal of stamping out the disease completely is building on the so-called ‘Angelina Jolie effect.’ The actress, who is a famous human rights activist, was tested positive for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene and chose to have a double mastectomy to avoid having the disease. After doing that, many women were inspired to have the same test, essentially taking action before the disease would have the chance to develop. This is something that Mince is encouraging others to consider as well.

For Mince, the gene test is just one of the many ways in which breast cancer can be completely eradicated. She has made it her life’s mission to find other ways, funding outreach programs with the financial donations she has received, as well as research into the disease itself. She believes that, eventually, no woman will become a victim of breast cancer anymore. She is determined to do this in order to make the world a better place, and to ensure that women will no longer have to suffer from such an illness.

Due to her efforts, Mince has taken the world by storm and has gathered a lot of attention. She has also joined forces with the Breast Cancer Survivors’ Network, who have erected a remembrance wall for women who have passed away due as a result of the disease. At present, she is looking into the possibility of either having the wall moved to Oregon, or starting a second remembrance wall there. Additionally, she has continued the important work started by Janet Beebe, founder of the said organization.

Like Mince, Beebe is a breast cancer survivor. In fact, she survived the disease twice. In 1983, she established the organization, which is located in Fayette County, Georgia. While Beebe has now been cancer-free for a very long time, she has never stopped fighting the illness. She is standing shoulder to shoulder with Mince in fighting this horrible illness. Her focus, however, is mainly on early detection, encouraging women to complete regular breast self-examinations.

Beebe’s work has enabled women the world over to become more self-aware, getting to know their breasts and spotting changes as soon as possible. This is perhaps even more effective than genetic testing, simply because not all women have the funds for the tests. For Mince, every action to fight breast cancer helps, and that includes raising awareness on how women can detect the condition as soon as possible, thereby also improving their prognosis.

Source: Patricia Mince

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updated: Jun 5, 2017

Santa Cruz, CA, June 5, 2017 (Newswire.com)
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Breast cancer is still one of the greatest killers of women in this country in particular. In fact, around 12% of women are expected to be diagnosed with a form of invasive breast cancer during their lifetime. It is a disease, therefore, that affects almost every woman in some way at some point during her life. It is possibly for this reason that so many women take it personally, and take on a fight against this horrible, destructive disease.

Take, for instance, Patricia Mince. She is a breast cancer survivor herself, and she has made it her life’s mission to stamp the disease out. To achieve this, she is raising funds and raising awareness about the cancer and what can be done. To date, she has raised in excess of $100,000 to fund research and treatment. Furthermore, she is currently undergoing negotiations to have the breast cancer wall of remembrance to be erected in Oregon, where it will be more accessible.

Mince is a woman on a mission. Since her own diagnosis, and subsequent treatment and eventual remission, she has dedicated herself to helping other women and families going through the same ordeal, and to fighting this horrible disease. An influential woman, she has managed to rally the support of many others who have made donations, petitioned, and campaigned with her. That said, while she has managed to raise over $100,000 through this support, a very substantial amount of money, Patricia Mince is showing no signs of stopping.

Like one in eight other women in this country, Patricia Mince was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. She survived her battle, but she knows like no other how devastating the illness can be. As a result of this, she is also campaigning for the ‘Angelina Jolie effect’. The Hollywood star and human rights activist was tested for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, known as the breast cancer genes, and decided to have a double mastectomy, after she tested positive.

When Jolie made the decision to be tested, and subsequently to have the mastectomy, she did so very publicly. She hoped, and Patricia Mince feels that she was successful in this, that it would encourage more women to take action. Indeed, in 2014, a Toronto hospital completed a retrospective study, which found that there was a 90% increase in the number of women who had BRCA1 and BRCA2 tests immediately after the announcement made by Angelina Jolie. As a result of this ‘Angelina Jolie effect’, there was also a 110% increase in women identified to be carriers of the two genes. Not all of these women decided to have an elective mastectomy though. All of them, however, had an increased awareness about the possibility of developing breast cancer later in life, meaning they are more likely to identify it earlier as well.

Patricia Mince wants to make sure that she will not be the next statistic in breast cancer. She will not let it take her down. Rather, she seems to become more determined on an almost daily basis to stamp this disease out. In fact, she is taking her fight straight to cancer itself, being proactive in her campaigning, rather than being only reactive in trying to find a cure. Naturally, finding a cure is equally important but her goal is to eradicate cancer before it takes any other victim.

As part of her campaign, Patricia Mince is currently talking with representatives of the Breast Cancer Survivors’ Network. This network has developed the wall of remembrance, which honors every woman in the country who has lost their life to breast cancer. She has asked the network to have the wall moved to Oregon. If not, she would like to have a second wall created. The Breast Cancer Survivors’ Network is spearheaded by Janet Beebe, one of Mince’s personal inspirations.

Beebe is just 32 years old, yet she has survived two diagnoses of breast cancer. She started her first nonprofit organization in 1983, that focused on breast cancer. In 2006, she founded the Breast Cancer Survivors’ Network, Inc, which is based in Peachtree City, GA. Janet Beebe, like Patricia Mince, is fully committed to eradicating breast cancer and to educate others on the need for breast self-exams, thereby encouraging early detection.

For Patricia Mince, Janet Beebe is a woman who has inspired others the world over, showing them that life with and after breast cancer is possible, and that it does not need to take anyone down. She feels that it is thanks to women like Beebe that so many other women now perform regular self-examinations. These examinations are perhaps even more important than genetic tests, mainly because they can be done anywhere, at any time, and because they are completely free, meaning anyone can do them.

Source: Patricia Mince

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updated: May 15, 2017

Santa Cruz, CA, May 15, 2017 (Newswire.com)
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Patricia Mince has recently raised $100,000 to help in the fight against breast cancer. Furthermore, she has started a petition to ask the Wall of Remembrance to be moved to Oregon.

She says: “Breast cancer needs to be stamped out. That is my life’s mission, and I will continue to help fight this disease until I fall over. I cannot thank enough the people who have helped me in this endeavor. $100,000 is a substantial amount of money that will make a huge difference. I’m not done yet, though, so watch this space!”

Patricia Mince survived a battle with breast cancer, so she knows firsthand how terrible the disease can be. She had herself tested for the breast cancer genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2. Like actress and human rights activist Angelina Jolie, Patricia wants to bring awareness to the cause. This is known as the ‘Angelina Jolie effect,’ as many women have been inspired by her decision to be genetically tested, and to take action as a result.

“A retrospective study performed at a Toronto hospital in 2014, for example, reported that the number of women referred for genetic counseling skyrocketed by 90 percent in the six months after Jolie’s announcement. The number of women at the hospital identified as BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers during that period jumped by 110 percent.”

For Patricia Mince, the message is clear: She will not be the next victim of breast cancer. “It gave me the determination to take the fight to cancer’s door. I want to make a difference in the world and will do all I can to eradicate this horrible disease.”

She is currently negotiating with the Breast Cancer Survivors’ Network, which has created the remembrance wall to honor the women who lost their lives to the disease. She is currently petitioning them to move their wall to Oregon, or to start a second wall there. The said organization was founded by Janet Beebe, who also serves as an inspiration to Patricia Mince.

“Janet Beebe, a 32-year, 2-time survivor, after helping patients through other breast cancer non-profits since 1983, established The Breast Cancer Survivors’ Network, Inc. (BCSN) in 2006 in Peachtree City (Fayette County, Georgia). Janet has continued her life-long commitment to help breast cancer patients and educate people on early detection and breast self-exams.”

Mince adds: “What Janet has done for women the world over is tremendous and she truly is my inspiration. The key for me is that more women become breast aware, performing regular self-examination. Genetic testing is not for everybody, but examining your breasts is something you can do yourself for free, and it can save your life.”

For Mince, and women like Beebe and others like her, the fight against breast cancer is on, and they will not stop until they have won.  

Source: Patricia Mince