Breast Cancer Awareness Day - Don't be afraid to ask questions

THANK A LOT, CHRIS. TIME NOW IS 6:34. CHANGING OUR FOCUS TO BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, IT'S OCTOBER 1st. GET THIS, 75% OF BREAST CANCER CASES OCCUR IN WHAT EXPERTS REFER TO AS SPORADIC. WOMEN THAT DO NOT HAVE STRONG FAMILY HISTORIES OF BREAST CANCER. THIS IS WHY EXPERTS SAY IT'S SO CRITICAL FOR WOMEN TO BE VERY AWARE OF THEIR BODIES. ON THIS MEDICAL ALERT BREAST CANCER AWARENESS DAY, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO BE EMBARRASSED OR AFRAID TO ASK QUESTIONS. I DO ENCOURAGE MY PATIENTS TO KNOW THEIR ***, NOT TO BE AFRAID TO PERFORM A CLINICAL BREAST EXAM, BUT I ALSO WANT MY PATIENTS TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH TREMENDOUS AWARENESS ABOUT BREAST CANCER, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO FEEL AFRAID TO COME TO THE CENTER, WHETHER THEY HAVE A CONCERN OR A QUESTION. ONE HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITY, ANGELINA JOLIE, HAS MADE A HUGE IMPACT ON BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. JOLIE HAD A PROPHYLACTIC MASTECTOMY IN MARCH 2013, CHOOSING TO REMOVE BOTH OF HER BESTS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER SINCE HER FAMILY CARRIES THE MUTATED GENE. WE CAN REFER TO IT AS THE ANGELINA EFFECT. BASICALLY WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT ONCE SHE CAME FORWARD WITH THE FACT THAT SHE IS A CARRIER OF ONE OF THESE DEFECTIVE GENES KNOWN AS BRCA ONE OR BRCA TWO, WHAT THAT REALLY TRIGGERED WAS WOMEN TO SIT DOWN AND THINK, JEE, DO I HAVE FAMILY HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER, SHOULD BY CONCERNED? DUE TO JOLIE'S BRAVE DECISION, THE NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO HAVE COME FORWARD ASKING EXPERTS FOR GENE COUNSELING AND GENETIC TESTING HAS DOUBLED. I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WHEN A WOMAN COMES TO A BREAST CENTER AND THEY FEEL ANXIOUS ABOUT THEIR STUDY IS PERSONALIZED CARE, FEELING THAT THEY ARE AN INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR CARE IS GOING TO BE VERY WELL COORDINATED FROM A TO Z. SO THE MESSAGE THIS OCTOBER: DO NOT BE AFRAID. KNOW THAT HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA,