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Early detection is the key to fighting Breast Cancer. That's why WPBN/WTOM TV 7&4 continues to bring you Buddy Check every month.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The image below will take you to even more information about Breast Cancer.

Kristin Maciorowski

Buddy Check promotes the early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer by encouraging female viewers to perform monthly breast self-examinations.

Buddy Check, hosted by TV 7&4's Kristin Maciorowski, is an on-going awareness campaign, with a special focus on the 4th of every month. Female viewers are encouraged to select a "Buddy", and on the 4th of every month, call and remind your buddy to perform a breast self-examination.

Plus, watch Kristin Maciorowski's Buddy Check
segment on the 4th of every month on 7&4 News Today at 5:00 a.m. and 7&4 News at 5:00 p.m.

7&4's Buddy Check is brought to you by your local community hospital.

Kalkaska Memorial Health Center
Mercy Hospital Cadillac
Munson Medical Center
Otsego Memorial Hospital
Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital
West Shore Medical Center

Top Stories

Women's Remembrance Run   

Hundreds support event in Traverse City

Role reversal: employee to breast cancer patient   Video Glyph

A Northern Michigan woman goes from working at an area hospital to becoming a patient there.

Lunch on the Run: Breast cancer fundraiser   

Buying lunch will help support breast cancer patients in Northern Michigan

Self breast exams   Video Glyph

Detailed instructions on how to perform a self examination

Healing with art   Video Glyph

How creative expression can help breast cancer survivors restore body and mind.

Buddy Check biopsy bag project   

An area service organization hopes a new effort will help possible breast cancer patients.

Breast cancer genetic testing   Video Glyph

You may have heard of the "breast cancer gene", something passed on from generation to generation that has been linked to an increased chance of developing the disease.

Boys raising money to fight breast cancer   

We often hear about the difficulties of living with breast cancer from the women who survive it, but it's not too often we hear from their family members who can also have a tough time.

Boarding for Breast Cancer   Video Glyph

It's during these dark cold winter months that the Women's Cancer Fund is in desperate need of funding and support; especially when heating bills skyrocket out of control.  The fund is getting a boost from an annual event in Benzie County that celebrates one of Northern Michigan's great outdoor passions.

Surgical Pathologists   Video Glyph

For those awaiting a possible cancer diagnosis or for those who are a breast cancer patient, there is a whole set of doctors working the case that are never seen.  They are the ones who look at the tissue, and decide whether the lump that's felt or that abnormal mammogram that's seen is in fact cancer.

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Breast Cancer Information
5 Ways the American Cancer Society

What makes me likely to get breast cancer?
Why You Should Get a Mammogram


Other Types of Cancer

Cervical Cancer
Lung Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Prostate, Colon & Rectum and Uterus Cancer
Skin Cancer

More Buddy Check Information
American Cancer Society
Important Numbers for more Information
Munson Healthcare
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