Every two minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. That’s 211,000 cases this year alone; sadly 43,300 of these women will lose their lives.
One woman in eight who lives to age 85 will develop breast cancer during her
lifetime.
Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women between
the ages of 40 and 55.
This is not only a women’s disease!
1,600 men are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer this
year and 400 are predicted to die.
Seventy percent of all breast cancers are found through breast self-exams.
Not all lumps are detectable by touch. We recommend regular mammograms
and monthly breast self-exams. Eight out of ten breast lumps are not cancerous.
If you find a lump, don't panic-call your doctor for an appointment.
Early detection is vital to surviving breast cancer.
Over 90 percent of breast cancer patients survive when cancer
is detected in early stages and treatment is begun promptly.
Mammography is a low-dose X-ray examination that can detect
breast cancer up to two years before it is large enough to be felt.
When breast cancer is found early, the five-year survival rate is 96%.
This is good news!
Over 2 million breast cancer survivors are alive in America today.
