Anyone who loves a luscious pair of naked breasts...

[KillerMuffin]

...Please put on a pink ribbon and remember that breast cancer is killing almost 40,000 pairs of gorgeous breasts this year.

Do the breast self exam and get your yearly boob torture. Early detection can mean the difference between having one breast or two, possibly even life or death.

And don't forget those sexy pecs! Men die from breast cancer, too.


Boobidarity! For the love of boobs, get informed.

For all you pervs, you can find a nice animated boob exam here:
http://www.komen.org/

 

[littlekateyes]

I have donated my profits from the last two months, and I wear a pink ribbon.

 

[Cerberus666]

hmmm very sneaky. luring everyone in here like that, although it is an important issue. There was an article in the local newspaper the other day that self exams aren't as effective as once thought. I don't know the extent to which this is true but thought i'd add my two cents,

 

[tswyk]

Well, a self exam caught a lump for me - luckily it was benign. I say take no chances...


(tho I did like wearing that purple "x" on my boobie so they'd know which one to cut on!)

 

[Lancecastor]

Self Exams Thrown Into Doubt

Do Breast Self-Exams Work?
BY CHRISTINE GORMAN



Monday, Oct. 14, 2002
Quite a few women were secretly relieved last week to hear the conclusion of a Chinese study, reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, that performing breast self-exams does not affect the risk of dying from breast cancer. Many women don't like doing a full examination of their breasts and often feel guilty that they don't do one every month.

Here are the details of the study: 266,000 female factory workers in Shanghai (where mammograms are rare) were divided into two groups. One was taught how to perform breast self-exams and reminded to do so regularly, while the other was never even taught. After 11 years, there was no difference in the groups' mortality rates due to breast cancer.

So what's a woman to do? Although routine mammography is far from perfect, it does detect many breast tumors at their earliest, most treatable stage, particularly in women over 50, says Dr. David Thomas, the study's principal investigator and a cancer epidemiologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Still, he concedes, if you're in a high-risk group and you know how to do them right, regular, thorough breast self-exams may be worth doing. In any event, if you discover a lump, be sure to tell your doctor immediately.


From the Oct. 14, 2002 issue of TIME magazine

 

[Guru]

 

[Silverlily]

It's simple, whether they make a difference or not, self exams -

are free,
are easy,
don't hurt, and best of all

don't hurt.

I'm worth the few minutes it takes. You?

 

[Cerberus666]

If you look really close, you'll see a pink ribbon up my nose.

Well, where is it? I don't see it. Forget it I give up I can't see the damn ribbon.

 

[Zamdrist]

Feeling

I found the Feeling section of the exam to be especially informative.

That bed was so fake though.