Quick Facts about Breast Cancer
• One in 8 women will develop breast cancer during her lifetime.
• More than 180,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
• Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women, after skin cancer.
• Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cancer.
• Breast cancer kills approximately 41,000 women in the United States each year.
• Breast cancer is not one of the leading causes of death in women in general, but it is the leading cause of death in American women ages 40-55.
• The incidence of breast cancer has more than doubled in the past 30 years. In 1964, the lifetime risk was 1 in 20; today it is 1 in 8.
• The most important risk factor for breast cancer is being female.
• The next most important risk factor for breast cancer is age. Breast cancer risk increases directly with age.
Survival Rates
• 97% of women diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer this year will be effectively cured.
• 80% of all women diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer will be alive five years after diagnosis; at least 60 percent will survive ten years after diagnosis.
• More than 2.6 million women in the United States are breast cancer survivors.
Risk Factors
• Other risk factors for breast cancer include:
• Being female
• Aging (breast cancer risk increases directly with age)
• Having had breast cancer previously
• Having a close family member (mother, sister, daughter) or 2 other relatives with breast cancer
• Having the "breast cancer genes", BRCA1 or BRCA2
• Having your first period before age 12
• Having your first pregnancy after age 30
• Having no children
• High dietary fat intake
• Being obese
• Having 2 or more alcoholic drinks per day
• Sedentary lifestyle
• Smoking
• 7 out of 10 breast cancers occur in women with no other risk factors than being female.
• Fewer than 40 percent of all diagnosed cases of breast cancer are associated with heredity and reproductive history.
Extracted from Dr Donnica.com
http://www.drdonnica.com/fastfacts/00000508.htm
• One in 8 women will develop breast cancer during her lifetime.
• More than 180,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
• Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women, after skin cancer.
• Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cancer.
• Breast cancer kills approximately 41,000 women in the United States each year.
• Breast cancer is not one of the leading causes of death in women in general, but it is the leading cause of death in American women ages 40-55.
• The incidence of breast cancer has more than doubled in the past 30 years. In 1964, the lifetime risk was 1 in 20; today it is 1 in 8.
• The most important risk factor for breast cancer is being female.
• The next most important risk factor for breast cancer is age. Breast cancer risk increases directly with age.
Survival Rates
• 97% of women diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer this year will be effectively cured.
• 80% of all women diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer will be alive five years after diagnosis; at least 60 percent will survive ten years after diagnosis.
• More than 2.6 million women in the United States are breast cancer survivors.
Risk Factors
• Other risk factors for breast cancer include:
• Being female
• Aging (breast cancer risk increases directly with age)
• Having had breast cancer previously
• Having a close family member (mother, sister, daughter) or 2 other relatives with breast cancer
• Having the "breast cancer genes", BRCA1 or BRCA2
• Having your first period before age 12
• Having your first pregnancy after age 30
• Having no children
• High dietary fat intake
• Being obese
• Having 2 or more alcoholic drinks per day
• Sedentary lifestyle
• Smoking
• 7 out of 10 breast cancers occur in women with no other risk factors than being female.
• Fewer than 40 percent of all diagnosed cases of breast cancer are associated with heredity and reproductive history.
Extracted from Dr Donnica.com
http://www.drdonnica.com/fastfacts/00000508.htm
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