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4 Responses to What are the cancer awareness months and what are their colors?

1. bree~
   January 5th, 2009 at 11:19 pm

   These are some of the different color ribbons for the various awareness causes:

   Black Ribbons: Melanoma

   Dark Blue Ribbons: Colon Cancers

   Gold Ribbons: Childhood Cancer

   Gray Ribbons: Diabetes & Brain Cancer

   Green Ribbons: Kidney Cancer

   Green/Blue Ribbons: Mental Heath Awareness

   Jade Ribbons: Liver Cancer & Hepatitis

   Jigsaw Puzzle Ribbons: Autism

   Lace Ribbons: Osteoporosis

   Lime Green Ribbons: Lyme Disease

   Orange Ribbons: Leukemia, Multiple Sclerosis

   Periwinkle Ribbons: Hypertension & Stomach Cancer

   Pearl Ribbons: Lung Cancer

   Pink Ribbons: Breast Cancer

   Pink, Purple & Teal: Thyroid Cancer

   Purple Ribbons: Prostate Cancer, Testicular Cancer

   Red Ribbons:AIDS/HIV & Heart Disease

   Silver Ribbons: Parkinson's Disease

   Sky Blue Ribbons: Prostate Cancer

   Teal Ribbons: Ovarian Cancer

   White Ribbons: Bone Cancer

   As for which month is for what cause, there is a website that goes over them all month by month…
   http://www.healthfinder.gov/library/nho/nho.asp

   Hope that helps out a little.
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2. Anthony S
   January 5th, 2009 at 11:50 pm

   October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and it is pink.
   Colorectal Cancer is March and it is Blue.
   May is Skin cancer awareness (not sure of the color).
   September is Gynecologic Cancer and Prostate Cancer awareness (not sure of color).
   November is Lung Cancer Awareness.
   I am sure I missed some, but those are the ones I know about.
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3. Kate
   January 6th, 2009 at 12:36 am

   Purple is also used for Pancreatic Cancer, and that month is November!
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4. Panda
   January 6th, 2009 at 1:10 am

   There are over 200 different types of cancer and only a handful that have 'color's' and a couple that have a 'month'. Primarily because the overwhelming majority of cancers do not have a large organization or group advocating for research and cure of the disease. All 'color's , ribbons, and 'months' are decided by businessess or organizations that have selected that color or month. There is no 'official' awareness month or color for every cancer. That is why sometimes you will find different colors and ribbons selected for the same type of cancer.

   Awareness ribbons
   http://www.personalizedcause.com/

   The pink ribbon and symbol for breast cancer was decided by a major cosmetic company, Estee Lauder whose founder had breast cancer. They decided on pink after having a disagreement with the original founder of the ribbon . . which at the time was peach. She didn't want Estee Lauder to commercialize breast cancer . . so refused to let them use her peach colored ribbon . . Estee Lauder changed the color to pink . . and . . ended up bringing awareness to breast cancer but also commercializing the disease. That's why all the companies offer everything in 'pink'.

   History of the pink ribbon
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_ribbon

   Few other disease have the clout that Estee Lauder and the business communities have lent to the think pink campaign.
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