Dozens of people showed up to Bar 5015 in Houston on Saturday for a bike ride to raise awareness about breast cancer and liver cancer.
Pretty Girls with Cancer Foundation, Street Ridaz and Bar 5015 organized the event. Kandice Rose founded Pretty Girls with Cancer. She is a three time cancer survivor.
According to the American Cancer Society, liver incidence rates have more than tripled since 1980. Death rates have more than doubled during that time. More than 41,000 new cases are expected to be diagnosed in men and women this year. Kim Provo is a breast cancer survivor. She had stage three breast cancer and faced 20 rounds of chemo and radiation. She said she is doing OK now.
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