Womens Health and Cancer Prevention event this weekend [Video]

TAMPA, Fla. — Breast cancer kills more than 40,000 women each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

A study from April 2024 showed that only 65% of women ages 50-74 with three or more health-related social needs are up to date with their mammograms. Health-related social needs include feeling socially isolated, a loss of work or reduced hours, receiving food stamps, a lack of transportation, the cost of access to care and dissatisfaction with life.

The CDC said women who are dealing with at least three of these things are less likely to get a mammogram.

Rachel Burke, a Diagnostic Radiology Specialist at Adventhealth Tampa said women should start getting annual mammograms starting at age 40. She said those annual screenings are really important because they can show cancer oftentimes way before you feel a lump.

“There are different signs of cancer. There are …