Singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow wants to make an impact in spreading the awareness and detection of breast cancer. She opened up in Los Angeles the "Sheryl Crow Imaging Center" which features state-of-the-art digital screening and diagnostic technologies for cancer detection.
The new facility is part of the Pink Lotus Breast Center, the country’s first center dedicated primarily to preventing, detecting, and treating the disease.
Crow said in a statement, “Joining forces with the Pink Lotus Breast Center has provided me with a wonderful platform to create awareness and encourage the millions of American women over 40 to get their annual mammogram."
"Detecting breast cancer early is a woman’s best chance at survival, and digital full-field mammography is the gold standard of early detection.”
Crow, who is also a cancer survivor. In 2006 after a routine mammogram, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent surgery and radiation therapy to combat the disease.
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