This is a little article I found and which is very interesting.

What are the Signs of Breast Cancer? 

Question: I'm worried I might have breast cancer. What are the signs?

Answer: Often there are no outward signs of breast cancer that you can see or feel. If there are outward signs, the more common ones include a lump, an area of thickening, or a dimple in the breast. Less common signs include breast swelling and redness or an enlarged underarm lymph node.

But even if you have one or more of these signs, it still doesn't mean you have breast cancer. Remember that most breast lumps turn out to be benign (not cancerous).

Still, it's extremely important that you SEE YOUR DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY if you're worried that you might have breast cancer. Having your doctor take a look will ease your worry, and if anything is found, you'll be able to take care of it quickly.

Physical examination of the breast is one way to find breast cancer. 

http://www.breastcancer.org/questions/bc_signs.jsp?gclid=CJHy1ceR1rICFYZ66wod7EoA4A

Hey everyone,

This week our school had the pleasure of receiving researchers of the MOI (Mauritius Oceanography Institute) who came to talk about research programs which were going on here around our very own beaches. The chemistry researcher however did inform me after his speech that he was doing research on sponges which have shown signs which could lead to a cure of some cancers.

All this sounds very good and I will try to remain in contact with him and keep you posted about his work

Facts about Cancer

1. There are more than 100 types of cancers; any part of the body can be affected.
2. In 2008, 7.6 million people died of cancer - 13% of all deaths worldwide.
3. About 70% of all cancer deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.
4. Worldwide, the 5 most common types of cancer that kill men are (in order of frequency): lung, stomach, liver, colorectal and oesophagus.
5. Worldwide, the 5 most common types of cancer that kill women are (in the order of frequency): breast, lung, stomach, colorectal and cervical.
6. Tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause of cancer in the world.
7. One fifth of all cancers worldwide are caused by a chronic infection, for example human papillomavirus (HPV) causes cervical cancer and hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes liver cancer.
8. More than 30% of cancers could be cured if detected early and treated adequately.
9. All patients in need of pain relief could be helped if current knowledge about pain control and palliative care were applied.
10. More than 30% of cancer could be prevented, mainly by not using tobacco, having a healthy diet, being physically active and preventing infections that may cause cancer.

Facts from WHO©

OK so I contacted Link to Life and straight away got involved in their three day donation event where they got licenses to stand outside well known places such as Super U and Store 2000 in Grand-bay to ask people for donations. I was asked to organize a small team of friends to walk around these places with donation cans from 15:30 to 19:00

At first I was not sure that I would be able to find many people to give up their Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons for this as it was such short notice from my part, but with excellent responses I managed to find 13 friends to come and help a few hours every now and then to complete this immense task.
Here is the complete list:

Norman Wooding

Camille Merven

Lisa Kilian

Maneka Rajkoomar

Cirine Dumazet

Talia Dundoo

Kevin Lafleur

Anya Dundoo

Louisiane Bechard

Maxime Piedade

Richard Lienhard

Ophelia Ribet

And a special thanks to Adrien Bacquet 

who stayed with me throughout the three

 days and spent over 12 hours of his time for

 this truly great cause.

Thanks to all of you, its been three long days but it was sure worth it :)

I am keeping in contact with Link to Life where they will inform me of the total collected and as soon as I know I will inform all of you.