Breast Cancer Awareness Month
[spacer height=”20px”]
About 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer at some point in their life. Breast Cancer Awareness month is an annual international health campaign organized to spread awareness about the disease and raise funds for research into its cause, diagnosis, prevention, and a cure.
[spacer height=”20px”]
Surprising statistics about breast cancer:
[spacer height=”20px”]
- The most significant risk factors for breast cancer are being female as well as aging. An estimated 95% of all breast cancers in the US are in women 40 and older.[spacer height=”20px”]
- Since 1990, the number of breast cancer deaths has been declining due to better screening, early detection, increased awareness, and new treatment options.[spacer height=”20px”]
- Breast cancer is more common in developed countries rather than undeveloped countries.[spacer height=”20px”]
- The United States has the most recorded cases of breast cancer in the world.[spacer height=”20px”]
- Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among American women, right behind skin cancer.[spacer height=”20px”]
- The first operation to ever use anesthesia was a breast cancer surgery.[spacer height=”20px”]
- The youngest known survivor of breast cancer was barely three years old.[spacer height=”20px”]
- It’s been estimated that if every woman over the age of 50 had a proper mammogram every year, breast cancer deaths would decrease in this age group by a potential 25% or more![spacer height=”20px”]
- More than 40,000 people every year in the United States will die from breast cancer.[spacer height=”20px”]
- Breast cancer is often refered to as the “Nuns Disease” due to the high incidence of Nuns affected by breast cancer.[spacer height=”20px”]
- This is a strong correlation between an increase in weight and the diagnosis of breast cancer. Especially individuals who gained weight after adolescence or after menopause.[spacer height=”20px”]