'Let's Beat Breast Cancer' Rally This Weekend In Doylestown

DOYLESTOWN, PA — A "Let's Beat (the Drum for) Breast Cancer Rally" is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 13, from 10 to 11 a.m. in front of the Bucks County Administration building at 55 East Court Street in Doylestown.

According to event organizers, breast cancer survivors, community members, and local leaders will be joining experts from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, along with performers from the Positive Movement Drumline and Stibol Music, to “beat the drum” for breast cancer prevention in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Dr. Matt Lederman, MD, will be the guest speaker.

Positive Movement Entertainment Drumline provides young people and adults with a safe haven drumming while spreading a positive community message, showing leadership, and working to decrease gun violence in Philadelphia.

Stibol Music is a Princeton area creative development center for emerging musicians who want to develop their talents, collaborate with their creative peers and heighten their musical enjoyment.

"Let’s Beat Breast Cancer" rallies will taking its message to the streets throughout September and October in cities across the United States, including Los Angeles, Austin, and Washington, D.C., and internationally in France, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand and others.

The event’s message is simple: Eating a plant-based diet and incorporating lifestyle changes can be powerful preventive medicine for breast cancer.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, approximately 42,000 women and 500 men in the United States die from breast cancer each year. And the disease disproportionately affects Black women, who have a higher rate of death from breast cancer than white women.

The Physicians Committee, a national nonprofit health advocacy group of more than 17,000 doctors, recommends a four-pronged approach to preventing breast cancer: eating a whole food, plant-based diet, exercising regularly, limiting alcohol, and maintaining a healthy weight.

A recent study from the Journal of Clinical Oncology showed that eating less fat and more fruits, vegetables, and grains could help protect breast cancer survivors, too.