There are many advantages of pink
Breast Cancer awareness, not only for the people who are sick, but also for their family members and the society. Pink was chosen to represent breast cancer, which is the number one cancer killer for women. A pink bracelet and a pink ribbon are used to represent solidarity with those who are suffering from breast cancer and they are reminders to those who have lost their loved ones through breast cancer. Pink breast cancer awareness is very important and October was chosen as the breast cancer awareness month. The more people know about breast cancer, the more likely they will go for checkups. Most people do self exams looking for lumps, but this is not an effective way to combat breast cancer because mammograms can detect breast cancer two or three years before the hand can feel a lump. This is one of the reasons there is need for continued awareness because the message has not reached the whole world. People continue to be ignorant about breast cancer prevention and detection and they continue to walk into hospitals with cancer that has progressed, even when the breast screenings are provided at a very cheap cost or even free of charge.

The pink breast cancer bracelet gained popularity in the early 90s and together with the pink ribbon, it opened doors for different colors to represent reinforcement to battle other types of cancers and other diseases such as lavender ribbons and bracelets for all cancers, red for AIDS awareness, teal for ovarian cancer, etc.

The major advantage of breast cancer pink ribbon is that it demonstrates people are determined to deal with the disease. Through such determination, money is raised to help in breast cancer research and to care for those who are suffering from it. Movie stars, sports personalities and other famous people have been attracted to the course, thereby increasing awareness.

The continued use of a breast cancer awareness pink ribbon has made different governments notice that people care about breast cancer. Consequently, governments have poured more money into breast cancer research, there have been investments in machines such as mammograms, the cost of chemotherapy has come down in most places and chemotherapy drugs have been subsidized.

Another advantage of breast cancer awareness is that corporations are now involved in the course because they want to seem like they care. This has brought in money that can be used for research, for buying medicines, etc. The drugs industry and researchers in the field have also been encouraged to work harder towards a cure.

Human beings are emotional beings and it is important to remember those who had been lost through breast cancer. Being the cancer that kills the most women, many people have had family members, or someone they knew, die from the disease. The pink breast cancer awareness keeps those people close to our hearts.