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RESIDENTS will experience the sweet sounds and sights of scores of motorbikes riding into Point Cook next month.

As many as 1500 bikers will converge on the town centre on October 24 as part of the Pink Ribbon Ride.

The ride, which has already attracted interest from bike enthusiasts across the state, will raise more than $30,000 for the Cancer Council of Victoria for breast cancer research.

Point Cook Motorcycle Club secretary Marcel Gomperts is organising this year's event and said riders would travel from at least fifteen locations across Victoria, including Bendigo , Moe, Shepparton and Ballarat.

"Every rider pays $20 to enter and it all goes to the Cancer Council Victoria. We'll also raise money through donations and a raffle," he said.

Riders of all ages will arrive in groups at The Brook on Sneydes, Point Cook at about 11am to be greeted by a festival set including live music, motorcycle traders and other entertainment for adults and children.

Mr Gomperts, who has been riding motorbikes for most of his life, said the ride was the perfect way to combine a popular passion - motorcycling - with raising money for a good cause. "The Point Cook Motorcycle Club is a touring and riding club. We're in our early stages we organise rides to festivals, down the Great Ocean Road. and anywhere members would like to go.

Statistics on Breast Cancer PDF Print E-mail
Victorian Pink Ribbon Ride - Pink Ribbon Ride 2010
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 00:00

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* Every day 32 women are told they have breast cancer.
* 1 in 11 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer before 75.
* Over 11,500 women and just under 100 men are diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
* By 2011 it is estimated that 14,818 women and 122 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
* That's 40 women each day.
* 9 out of 10 lumps aren't cancer.
* If you find a lump or notice a change in your breasts, see your doctor.
* There is currently no means of preventing breast cancer. Current efforts are focused on finding it early.
* The risk of breast cancer increases with age. Over 75% of breast cancer develops in women 50 years and older.
* Young women can get breast cancer too. About 700 women under the age of 40 are diagnosed each year.
* The majority of women survive breast cancer. 85% of women aged between 40 and 69 at diagnosis are alive five years later.
* Each year 2,700 people die from breast cancer.
* Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death in women.


 

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