Intervention Program
About
Project Faith Breast Cancer Intervention Program
Project Faith Breast Cancer Intervention Program (Project Faith) was founded in 2012 by Brenda E. Rocker who has survived six stage 4 metastatic breast cancers. Mrs. Rocker has been battling stage 4 metastatic breast cancer for 27 years.
Project Faith focus on educating and identifying barriers faced by low-income women and men that prevent them from receiving adequate healthcare.
Our Organization Story
Desze's Girls
Gift of Life
The Gift of Life Program was dedicated and renamed Desze's Girls Gift of Life October 26, 2018.
Deszeray lost her battle to breast cancer August 19, 2018 at age twenty-eight. She discovered her breast cancer herself at nineteen but told she was too young to have breast cancer. Deszeray received her first screening mammogram and ultrasound at age 22; she was diagnosed in stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. Deszeray spent the next years fighting for life. Before her passing she had one request and that was for Project Faith to name a program after her.
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On Breast Cancer
What Are the Early Signs of Breast Cancer?
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer found in women — after skin cancer — but that
doesn’t mean men aren’t at risk as well. Although the percentage of cases in men is much lower than in women, male breast cancer accounts for a portion of new cases every year.
Breast Cancer
Facts and Statistics
Screening
There is no effective breast cancer screening tool yet for women under 40 most of whom have dense breast tissue that prevents routine screening mammograms from being a useful screening tool.
Breast Cancer in USA
In 2020, approximately 89,500 cancer cases diagnosed and 9,270 cancer deaths in adolescents and young adults ages 15 to 39 years ing the US.
Statistics
Every year, more than 1,000 women under age 40 die from breast cancer. Nearly 80% of young women diagnosed with breast cancer find their breast cancer abnormality themselves.
Comparison
Compared to older women, young women generally face more aggressive cancer and lower survival rates. More and more evidence tells us that breast cancer before age 40 differs biologically from the cancer faced by older women.
"Early Detection is the Key to Life"
