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March is Women’s History Month, a time to honor strong, brave women who have made a difference. At Check for a Lump, we celebrate women who share their breast cancer survivor stories, support others, and help raise breast cancer awareness. 

Breast cancer survivorship is about more than reaching the end of treatment, it’s about protecting your long-term health and quality of life. One important connection that often goes unmentioned is the link between breast cancer and heart health.

If you’ve followed Check for a Lump for any length of time, you already know this about us: we are big believers in nutrient-rich, colorful, whole foods. From the very beginning, nutrition facts have been a foundational part of our prevention and education program, because what we fuel our bodies with matters. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only 5–10% of breast cancers are hereditary. The majority are considered sporadic, meaning they devel