{"id":138546,"date":"2016-11-17T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T05:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/138546\/breast-cancer-in-the-spotlight\/"},"modified":"2016-11-17T14:33:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T12:33:17","slug":"breast-cancer-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/11\/17\/breast-cancer-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Breast cancer in the spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Women are invited to come to a free breast health screening day on November 28.<\/p>\n

The event will be held from 9am to 4pm at Supa Quick Fishers’ Hill, situated at 40 North Reef Road (on the corner of AG De Witt Drive).<\/p>

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Held in conjunction with Bridgestone and PinkDrive the Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign is following on the successful initiative held last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cBridgestone has been involved with PinkDrive for several years now,\u201d said Bridgestone retail marketing manager, Desir\u00e9e van Niekerk.<\/p>

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\u201cPinkDrive conducts tens of thousands of free mammograms annually and provides awareness information to help in the fight against breast cancer,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

Bridgestone’s contribution to Pink Drive over the past few years saw enormous numbers of pink tyre valve caps sold to raise funds for cancer awareness and detection.<\/p>\n

All women are invited to come along for their free checks.<\/p>\n

For more information contact Kerry Albertyn on 011 455-6225.<\/p>\n

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Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n

The facts about breast cancer<\/a><\/p>\n

Breast cancer is also a man\u2019s disease<\/a><\/p>\n

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