SAN ANTONIO — October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month . The disease is the second leading cause of cancer death in women.

Breast cancer rates have dropped by close to 50% since the 1980s. A lot of that can be attributed to this month of awareness and bringing attention to screenings and early detection allowing women to conquer cancer.

"This is just a blip in my life. I was a lot younger and I wasn't scared," said Martha Gamez-Smith who found out she had breast cancer 14 years ago.

She beat that cancer but earlier this year she was diagnosed with another form of breast cancer.

"I was scared because I thought the first time was sort of a fluke. And this one was a completely different breast cancer," said Gamez-Smith.

"A lot of breast cancer is actually spontaneous. There is no famil

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