Important
Facts About Breast Cancer in the US from the American Cancer Society:
211,240
women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 40,410
women and 460 men will die of breast cancer in 2005 Every
3 minutes, there is a new diagnosis of invasive breast cancer Every
14 minutes, a life is lost to breast cancer A
woman has a 1 in 7 chance of developing breast cancer in her lifetime Only
5-10% of breast cancers are genetic everyone is at risk 77%
of breast cancer diagnoses are for women over age 50 However…most
breast lumps are benign (not cancerous)
211,240
women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005
