Physicians and Survivors Strut Their Stuff for Breast Cancer
The breast cancer mortality rate for Hispanic women in El Paso is significantly higher.
Knock Out Breast Cancer is the theme for this year's Paul L. Foster School of Medicine University Breast Care Center (UBCC) fall luncheon and style show.
Ten local breast cancer survivors, faculty physicians and surgery residents will walk the runway on Sept. 28 at the Judson Williams Convention Center, One Civic Center Plaza in El Paso. The group will model fashions by Dillard’s to raise money for the UBCC.
Tickets to the event are $50 each or $500 for a table of 10. Last year’s event raised almost $171,000.
According to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure El Paso Affiliate, women in El Paso County have slightly lower breast cancer incidence rates than rest of the state. However, the breast cancer mortality rate for Hispanic women in El Paso is significantly higher.
In addition, more than 40 percent of El Paso residents do not have health care coverage.
The UBCC began in 1994 and provides comprehensive care for many medically indigent El Paso women with breast cancer. The center diagnoses and treats more than one-third of all new breast cancer patients in El Paso.
The mission of the UBCC is to provide screening, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer to El Paso women and men. Their target population is medically underserved women in El Paso who cannot access the private health care system.
For more information or to buy tickets, call (915) 545-6400.
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