Hackensack University Medical Center hosts Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month Kick-Off Event

HACKENSACK, New Jersey (WABC) -- October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Hackensack University Medical Center will hold a kick-off event on Monday.

The kick-off will show and tell all of the latest screening technologies as well as educational tables with information and pink giveaways.

There will also be a chance to meet teams from the Betty Torricelli Institute for Breast Cancer and the John Theurer Cancer Center along with many other individuals who have played a part in the fight against breast cancer.

The hospital has held this week-long event every year since 1985.

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