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Steelers from Pittsburgh paid a visit to the Women Hospital, Magee, on Friday for highlighting the importance of healthy cooking and awareness about breast cancer. Max Starks, Tony Hills, Dennis Dixon, Deshea Townsend and 20 survivors of breast cancer were also present there and stressed the importance of a good diet for the survivors to protect themselves against the disease. Starks said,

“I think it’s very important that they watch their diet, just like we watch our diet, because you want to be around for a very long time and have no injuries or anything else happen to you,”

“My mother’s a survivor, first and foremost,” Starks said. “For 17 years, my mother’s been getting on me every football play, and I know if it wasn’t for different efforts like this and the advances they’ve made in science, that wouldn’t be possible, so it’s kind of my way of giving back”
Townsend’s mother died because of this disease. He said that she did not tell them about it until it was too late.

“When we found out about it — the family — it was kind of her keeping it to herself. And I think the more awareness and the more education now that you can learn from this, the better you can be,” Townsend said. “If she would have known some of the things we know now, she still could be here with us today.”

October is declared as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is promoting in a variety of ways like players are wearing pink gloves, laces and pink cleats on the football fields.