Some Breast Cancer Facts and Figures

Pink For October 2008
– Every day in Australia, more than 30 women discover they have breast cancer.
– Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women aged over 35 years – 29% of all cancers diagnosed.
– 9 out of 10 women who get breast cancer do not have a family history of the disease.
– About 1 in 10 women in NSW will develop breast cancer by age 74 years.
– Age is the biggest risk factor in developing breast cancer: more than 70 per cent of cases occur in women over 50 years of age.
– 11,400 people (11,314 women and 86 men) were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000.
– The average age of diagnosis of breast cancer in women is 59 years.
– Currently in Australia, 100,000 women, their families and friends have had to cope or are still coping with a diagnosis of breast cancer and its consequences.
– Breast cancer is the most common cause of death from cancer in Australian women.
– Women aged 50–69 who have a breast screen every 2 years can reduce their chance of dying from breast cancer by at least 30 per cent.
– During the period 1994 to 1998, the 5-year survival rate for women diagnosed with breast cancer was 85%.

Source: Mydr.com.au

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3 comments… add one
  1. prettybeautiful

    breast cancer is so common now and reading the facts alone scares me =/

  2. Connie

    9 out of 10 women who get breast cancer do not have a family history of the disease.

    that’s scary 🙁 my family has history of other icky sicky stuff and now i’m left in the dark. It suck getting older. *sighs*

    ooh… I like the new quick comment thingy 😀 how’d you get tht?

  3. the Constantly Dramatic One

    Thanks for this babe. Now I’m gonna go fondle my own boobies =P

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