Savino’s message to women: Get tested for cancer
State senator seeks to raise awareness
Constituents who live in state Sen. Diane Savino’s district opened their mailboxes this week to find a brochure from the lawmaker. But the mailing wasn’t a campaign brochure.
The subject of the brochure was health, not politics.
The brochure, which contained facts and breast and ovarian cancer, is part of an effort by Savino (D-Coney Island-Bensonhurst-Staten Island) to raise awareness of these two types of cancer. Savino arranged for thousands of the brochures to be mailed out to constituents. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The mailing includes information on the risk factors, causes and ways to reduce the risk of getting breast or ovarian cancer, along with a listing of websites such as the New York State Department of Health and the American Cancer Society, where women can obtain additional information.