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- 1,050,346 women worldwide are currently fighting breast cancer.
- 372,969 women worldwide will die from breast cancer this year.
- The lifetime risk of breast cancer has nearly tripled in the U.S. in the past 50 years.
- 85 to 90 percent of breast cancer incidences cannot be explained by hereditary factors.
Source: Breast Cancer Fund
- In the United States today, there are more than two million breast cancer survivors.
- An estimated 1,450 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in men in 2004.
- An estimated 470 men in the U.S. will die from breast cancer in 2004.
- The five-year relative survival rate for women with localized breast cancer is more than 95 percent.
Source: The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation |
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