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Breast Cancer Tips


Last Update: 10/08/2008 4:03 pm
Mammogram Tips
1. Approximately 1% of all breast cancer occurs in men

2. Nearly 90% of women diagnosed with breast cancer will survive their disease at least 5 years

3. African American women have a higher breast cancer death rate than women of any other racial
or ethnic population

4. Eighty percent of all breast tumors are benign

5. The risk of breast cancer increases as a woman grows older
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