Monument Health marches for breast cancer and screening awareness [Video]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – The American Cancer Society estimated more than 310,000 women and nearly 3,000 men would be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2024. Monument Health hosted the inaugural “March for Mammos” to raise awareness to the disease and the importance of early detection on Saturday.

The walk brought in men, women, and children from the Black Hills to raise money for Monument Health’s community education fund to help with various outreach events throughout the year to raise awareness for breast cancer, screening, treatment, and more for patients and their families.

While this is the first year for the march, Monument Health‘s Orthopedic and Specialty hospital hosted the “Pump Up for Pink” events, but after the death of a key organizer the event couldn’t happen this year.

Dr. Ashlea Semmens, a breast surgical oncologist, said roughly 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, so raising awareness for mammogram detection …