For those who are uninsured, underinsured, low-income or living within limited means, coping with breast cancer is especially challenging, but those people stand a better chance of catching cancer before it becomes insurmountable through the services provided by the Sea Mar Community Health Center of Marysville, Community Health Centers of Snohomish County and Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest.
As National Breast Cancer Awareness Month returns this October, various health agencies throughout North Snohomish County are reminding women of their diagnosis and treatment options, to help them identify and respond to cases of breast cancer in time to save lives.
Did you know that, second only to skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among American women? According to the American Cancer Society, about one in eight women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime. The ACS estimated that 290,170 new cases of breast cancer (in situ and invasive cancers) were diagnosed among women in 2012. They project that 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed this year. The ACS estimates that about 39,620 women will die from breast cancer in 2013. Although breast cancer mostly affects women (99 percent), it can also occur in men and children.
Every week, more than 100 women in Washington State are diagnosed with breast cancer. The good news is, when caught early, a woman’s five-year survival rate for breast cancer is 98 percent. This is why Komen Puget Sound is such a passionate advocate for regular mammograms. Yet, too often I hear stories of women diagnosed in the late stages of this disease, when the chances for survival are significantly less.
With the holidays just around the corner, volunteers from several organizations will kick off the Marysville All-City Food Drive on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., to help neighbors in need this season by collecting donations of money, food and unused toys.
You may be hearing a buzz about new educational standards. My hope is that this article can provide some background about educational standards in our state, as well as a glimpse into our future as we transition to the Common Core State Standards.
MARYSVILLE — Tristan Brenner is the Marysville Fire District’s most recent graduate of the University of Washington and Harborview Medical Center Paramedic Training Program, Class 39.
MARYSVILLE — Mayor Jon Nehring has proclaimed October to be Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Marysville. Police and other city officials are donning purple ribbons on their uniforms and on their vehicles in support of raising awareness about domestic violence.
EVERETT — United Way of Snohomish County, a community impact organization that has served Snohomish County for more than 70 years with a special focus on local health and human services, is looking for volunteers to serve on several important internal committees.
MARYSVILLE — The Washington Finance Officers Association presented city of Marysville Finance Director Sandy Langdon with the President’s Award at its annual conference the Tulalip Resort on Sept. 19.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville Fire District has been presented with a Life Safety Achievement Award for 2012 by the National Association of State Fire Marshals Fire Research and Education Foundation, in partnership with the Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company. The award was announced by J. William Degnan, president of the NASFM Fire Research and Education Foundation.
MARYSVILLE — Marysville University this fall invites you to a civics learning class that will provide the insides and out of the city’s website and social media tools, and how the city is adapting to more effectively communicate with citizens and stakeholders.
On Friday, Oct. 4, Marysville Getchell and Marysville-Pilchuck faced off in the crosstown rivalry game — named for the city’s renowned strawberries — and competed for a chance to display The Flat, a strawberry flat turned trophy complete with Tomahawk and Charger football helmets, in their school for the rest of the year.
