Sorry for the long wait iv'e been on holidays.

Two month ago I was in France and attended the gay pride in Paris, I saw many groups supporting different causes, one of which about Cancer and giving out free pink ribbons. I think it would be great idea to hold a similar carnival in Mauritius next year and if anyone is interested please let me know.

Last post for this school year

Guys I would like to thank you for reading my blog so far, do not worry it will resume for the start of the next coming year, probably in the end of august. If you have any questions please let me know, or if you want to share stories too :)
Bye for now

Leo Garcia

After I learnt about my Nannies cancer, I asked around my family to know if anyone else was currently battling against cancer, and it turns out that my grandma on my dad's side has survived cancer thanks to a quick localisation and so had plenty of time to let chemo do it's job.

We will remember you Josette

Im Sorry to inform you that my Nanny has just died of Liver Cancer last night, she had a long fight but just couldn't make it :/ RIP

Did you know?

 Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death for all women and the leading overall cause of cancer death in women between the ages of 20 and 59

• In the United States, breast cancer is expected to be newly diagnosed every three minutes, and a woman will die from breast cancer every 13 minutes

• African American women have a higher breast cancer death rate than women of any other racial or ethnic population

• Eighty percent of all breast tumors are benign

• In 2007, it was estimated that there would be 178,480 new cases of breast cancer in women and 2,030 new cases of breast cancer in men. Of these, an estimated 40,460 women and 450 men will die from the disease

• The basic treatment choices for breast cancer are surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and hormonal therapy

• The most common risk factors of breast cancer are sex, age, personal history, family history and breast cancer genes

• The highest risk factor for breast cancer is being female with the disease being 100 times more common among women

• The risk of breast cancer increases as a woman grows older

• Women who have had breast cancer and women with a history of breast disease may develop it again

• The risk of developing breast cancer increases for a woman whose mother, sister, daughter or two or more relatives have had the disease

• Some women and men may be born with a change in one or two genes that are important for regulating breast cell growth. Those who inherit an alteration in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene are at an inherited higher risk for breast cancer

• The hormone Estrogen may also play a key role in the risk factors of breast cancer including having an early first period or menstrual bleeding, having a first pregnancy after the age

http://www.fordham.edu/student_affairs/student_leadership__/student_organization/student_government/united_student_gover/united_student_gover/campus_programs/breast_cancer_walk/did_you_know_30750.asp

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