 92.7 WOBM. Good morning Sean Sue with you on a Monday morning. It is the third of October. We've kicked off a new month Sue. It is breast cancer awareness month and we are thinking pink and we are thinking health and joining us right now is the medical director of breast surgery for meridian cancer care. Part of the hack and sack meridian health family. Dr. Denise Johnson Miller. Dr. Good morning and welcome to the program. Hi doctor. Good morning. How you doing today? Fantastic. Welcome to October. Correct. It is a month of us thinking about and trying to be as healthy as we can trying to share ideas and I guess that's what it's all about putting breast cancer in the forefront of the health news for the month of October. Absolutely. You know how important is early detection when it comes to fighting cancer. I guess breast cancer specifically but I guess all cancers as well. For all cancers particularly now that we have great screening technology for breast cancer early detection is key and part of that is doing interval breast self exams as women. We can do that ourselves. We can go for our screening mammograms and the detection rates are phenomenal with new technology now. Fantastic. You know we hear a lot of folks who say you know what I haven't had a mammography in 30 years or I haven't done it in 10, 20. It's something you need to do and stay on top of right? Absolutely. We recommend that starting at age 40 for the average risk women that you have interval mammography done. You should talk to your primary care provider about how often the American Cancer Society and other organizations recommend one to two years indefinitely. Especially if you've had it in your family. Please check all your family records because it could go back to your grandmothers, your grandmothers, sisters and that is when you have to get a maybe a little bit more but you have to speak to your doctor about that. Yes and consider genetic testing. If you have at least two first degree relatives with breast cancer and anybody in your family with ovarian cancer please consider genetic testing. Now there's a big event that's coming up. It's called Women Rock and it's happening in Asprey Park this month. Tell us a little bit about this event. This is a phenomenal event. It will include all aspects of women's health, how to sleep, it will include TED Talks, breast health of course. Dr. Yolanda Tamaro and I will be there but a number of different contests and fun initiatives, cooking demonstrations. You name it. I want to know what art therapy is. Do you have any idea or are they going to fill you in too? They'll fill me in too. Do you have any idea what art therapy is all about? Maybe relaxing with the various paintings and music maybe? That's definitely what it is. Music is wrapped in. That sounds very intriguing though but these are some of the things you're going to be doing. It is Saturday October 15th 2 to 6 p.m. at Asprey Park Convention Hall. It is free. Here is a phone number to call 1-800-560-9990. That's 1-800-560-9990. This will all be part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Women's Health at this happening right in the middle of the month October 15th. Sound like a good time. It will be great keynote speakers too. Come join us. So Sean is there a phone number on there if women have any questions about a mammogram and who they should call? Call 1-800-560-9990 for more information or go to meridianhealth.com and you can get answers to a whole bunch of questions. October brings awareness doctor but more than just October every month you should be checking in and doing it. Now I'm glad this awareness comes around once a year but really it's a 365 day thing that we need to do as a woman. Yes for women adult women Breast Cancer remains the number one cancer in the United States so we need to fight this monster. We want to thank Dr. Denise Johnson Miller from the Breast Surgery for Meridian Care Center with Hackensack Meridian Health she's the medical director there talking about Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a big event women rock and it's happening October 15th at Asbury Park and you can call 1-800-560-9990 for more information and also you guys are going to announce the winners of your women who rock Hall of Fame will be inducted right? Yes, that's going to be too much fun. That's going to be very exciting so you need to be there in Asbury. October 15th thanks doctor for being with us we'll take a break news traveling and weather next on WROVM