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10 facts you should know 
 
1. Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and is the leading cause of cancer death among women worldwide.

2. In the United States, nearly 200,000 women and men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 40,000 will die this year.

3. Breast cancer is a disease affecting everyone (spouses, children, co-survivors).

4. In the United States, the five-year survival rate for breast cancer, when caught early before it spreads beyond the breast, is now 98% (compared to 74% in 1982).

5. The most significant risk factors for breast cancer are being female and getting older. With respect to age, race, religion and socioeconomic status, breast cancer knows no boundaries.

6. Approximately 95% of all breast cancers in the United States occur in women 40 years of age and older.

7. A woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes and a woman dies of breast cancer every 13 minutes in the United States.

8. Breast cancer affects men, too. An estimated 1,910 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in men in the United States in 2009.
 
9. Without a cure, an estimated 32.5 million women around the world will be diagnosed with breast cancer - and 11.6 million could die - over the next 25 years.

10. There are about 2.5 million breast cancer survivors alive in the United States today, the largest group of cancer survivors in the country.
 
For more information about breast health or breast cancer, visit  www.komen.org.
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