Superhero-Themed Race for the Cure (Photo : Facebook)
Thousands of breast cancer patients and survivors showed up for the Race for the Cure at Denver's Pepsi Center on September 27, Sunday. This year's theme was "superheroes," which represents the runners' fight for their friends, relatives, and coworkers who have received a breast cancer diagnosis.
Race for the Cure raises funds for local breast cancer programs. They provide screenings, diagnostics, and treatments for the major disease.
Komen Colorado invested more than $1.7 million in anti-cancer projects this year, according to 9 News. It included a service area of 22 counties.
"Sandra," a breast cancer participant at the cancer cure event, crossed the finished line. She said that everyone was at the event to end breast cancer.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month will occur in October. It is a time when the color pink represents the difficulties related to breast cancer including lymph node removal, and bald heads due to hair loss after powerful chemotherapy treatments.
The disease's most serious diagnosis is for metastatic cancer. While the race in part celebrates many breast cancer survivors, it also remembers those who experienced a return of the disease, and victims who later died during their battle with it.
Various tools are used to screen and diagnose the disease, including mammograms, ultrasounds, and biopsies. Afterwards the cancer's four stages indicate how much it has spread, according to The Denver Post.
Every year around 40,000 people die from metastatic breast cancer. Survivors will still require treatment for the rest of their lives, although drugs and therapies continue to improve.
A total one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer sometime during their lifetimes.
