Every October, Jamaica joins the world in observing Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is a time to encourage early screening, to honour those we have lost, and to stand with the many women, and men, who are living through diagnosis, treatment and recovery. Breast cancer remains one of the most common cancers affecting Jamaican women and, while advances in surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and targeted therapies have improved survival, the journey does not end when active treatment does.