Newsflash

Point Cook Motorcycle Club will again be involved in the organising of the Pink Ribbon Ride. Organisers Marcel Gomperts, Alex Money and Dan Mumby have secured the fund-raising event for the Cancer Council Victoria with the Point Cook Town Centre, who will host the event on Sunday OCTOBER 25th 2009.

2008 was a great start, with just 4 weeks to organise the event, and many clubs already committed to small local rides, the attendence of around 200 bikes, was, whilst small, a great crowd all the same.

If your club would like to find our how to be involved, take a look at the 2009 Pink Ribbon Ride.

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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