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Ros and Ros … McGrath Breast Care Nurse Ros Melmeth with breast cancer survivor Cr Ros Heit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 31, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every year a small field of pink ladies appears on the Kingaroy Town Hall Forecourt lawn, accompanied by a group of women also wearing pink.<\/p>\n

The Mini Field of Women is a tribute to all the women and families in the South Burnett who have been touched in some way by breast cancer.<\/p>\n

Some of the small pink silhouettes have tags around their necks in memory of friends and relatives who have died from the disease.<\/p>\n

The day is organised by local McGrath Breast Care Nurse Ros Melmeth, who believes it is vitally important to keep breast cancer awareness alive in the community.<\/p>\n

She said people walking by the field – which remained up for a day – often paused to read one of the tags.<\/p>\n

“If it makes them think and get a check-up, it could save a life,” she said.<\/p>\n

The inaugural Field of Women was set up on the lawns of Old Parliament House in Canberra in 1998 by the Breast Cancer Network Australia.<\/p>\n

Since then the idea has spread around the country.<\/p>\n

“Each town gets 100 pink ladies to plant to recognise that in each community there are women who have been touched by breast cancer,” Ros said.<\/p>\n

And the statistics are frightening.<\/p>\n

“The incidence of breast cancer is increasing,” Ros said.<\/p>\n

“It used to be one woman in 12, now it is one-in-eight or closer to one-in-seven. That’s a lot of women in the South Burnett who will experience breast cancer.<\/p>\n

“Every day in Australia, 43 women are diagnosed with breast cancer, and every three days a man is diagnosed.”<\/p>\n

The good news is that 85 per cent of people diagnosed with breast cancer will have their treatment and then get on with their lives.<\/p>\n

Cr Ros Heit, who is a breast cancer survivor, urged women to check regularly for lumps as well as undergo mammograms.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Early diagnosis is always better. Prevention would be best,” she said.<\/p>\n

Ros Melmeth agreed: “My aim in life is to put myself out of a job.”<\/p>\n

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Women who have been touched in some way by breast cancer planted the pink ladies in Kingaroy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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