BREAST CANCER FACTS

BREAST CANCER FACTS

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Fact # 1

All women are at risk.

Approximately 70% of breast cancers occur in women with none of the known risk factors.

Fact # 2

Only about 5% of breast cancers are inherited.

About 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer will be the first to be victims in their families.

Fact # 3

Breast cancer is the leading killer of women ages 35 to 54 worldwide.

More than a million women develop breast cancer without knowing it and almost 500,000 die from it every year.

Fact # 4

One out of four who are diagnosed with breast cancer die within the first five years.

No less than 40% die within ten years.

Fact # 5

The incidence of breast cancer has been rising for the past 30 years.

And the supposed authorities and experts that should know, don't know why.

Fact # 6

Risk factors are not necessarily causes of breast cancer.

Enough evidence exist linking environmental pollution and contamination to cause breast cancer.

Fact # 7

Mammography fails to detect as much as 20% of all breast cancer and as much as 40% in women under the age of 50.

Fact # 8

Early detection does not prevent breast cancer.

Avoiding and eliminating known causes will prevent breast cancer.

Fact # 9

One out of eight North American women will develop breast cancer.

The San Francisco Bay Area has the highest incidence rate in the entire world.

Fact # 10

The Philippines has the highest incidence rate of breast cancer in Asia and is today considered to have the 9th highest incidence rate in the world today.

(the Truth About Cancer / Facts About Cancer)