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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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