Breast Cancer Awareness Month: ‘Government must do more than prevention’

Feline thought for a long time that things were not too bad until she heard the diagnosis. It was difficult for her to sort out her thoughts, but she was happy with the doctors around her.

Feline is currently halfway through her chemotherapy, followed by radiation. Although many people have the image of someone becoming bald and hanging heavily over the toilet during chemotherapy, fortunately so far this has not been too bad.

For Feline, breast cancer month is one that would usually pass her by. ‘But as soon as it happens to you it suddenly becomes so important.’ Suddenly you understand why it is important that there is more money for research, because there is still so much to research. In addition, it is important to pay enough attention to prevention, because unfortunately breast cancer is becoming more common, and also among younger women.

Marjolein also recommends more prevention. Promoting a healthy lifestyle is extremely important. This helps prevent breast cancer, but even if someone already has breast cancer, a healthy lifestyle is good for treatment.

Marjolein mainly looks to the government for better prevention. According to her, they must understand that diseases such as breast cancer can be prevented to some extent if we pay attention to prevention. In breast cancer, for example, it is estimated that a quarter of cases are due to obesity.