October is breast cancer awareness month. Here are a few things I've been learning about this cancer:
- 3 out of 4 cases of breast cancer are in women with no known risk factors.
- Pennsylvania has the 5th highest rate of breast cancer incidence in the U.S. with more than 188,000 women in PA living with the disease.
- When breast cancer is detected in its earliest stages, the five-year survival rate is 98%.
- 25% of women with breast cancer are younger than 50.
- Even if your mammogram was normal you should still perform a self-breast exam every month. Mammorgraphy is only one screening tool.
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