1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.
That’s one person every 2 minutes in the U.S.
Female gender is the strongest breast cancer risk factor. Approximately 99% of breast cancers occur in women and 0.5–1% of breast cancers occur in men.
- Know Your Risk
- Family history
- Know your normal
Get screened
- Mammograms annual for women starting at 40
- Early detection is key in relative survival rate
- Education
- Self exams at home
- Learn signs and symptoms
- Healthy habits
- Little known breast cancer facts
- Breast cancer doesn’t always appear as a lump
- Your chances of are higher if you have a male relative who had it
- Maintaining a healthy weight can reduce your breast cancer risk
- Drinking alcohol can increase breast cancer risk
Support The Cause
National Breast Cancer Foundation
https://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/
Susan G. Kolmen
https://www.komen.org/
Breastcancer.org
https://www.breastcancer.org/
In the month of October, there are also specific dates designed to raise awareness of specific groups within the breast cancer community.
- Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day – October 13
- Men’s Breast Cancer Awareness Week – October 17–23
