National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a chance to raise awareness about the importance of screening and the early detection of breast cancer.
About 1 in 8 women born today in the United States will get breast cancer at some point during her life. After skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common kind of cancer in women.
The good news? Many women can survive breast cancer if it’s found and treated early. A mammogram – the screening test for breast cancer – can help find breast cancer early.

Though breast cancer is very treatable, it is still something that every woman should be aware of. The American Cancer Society's estimates for breast cancer in the United States for 2013 are:
• About 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women.
• About 64,640 new cases of carcinoma in situ (CIS) will be diagnosed (CIS is non-invasive and is the earliest form of breast cancer).
• About 39,620 women will die from breast cancer

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, exceeded only by lung cancer. The chance that breast cancer will be responsible for a woman's death is about 1 in 36 (about 3%). Death rates from breast cancer have been declining since about 1989, with larger decreases in women younger than 50. These decreases are believed to be the result of earlier detection through screening and increased awareness, as well as improved treatment.

So please, encourage your loved ones to go out and get their mammogram, it is recommended that women start getting regular mammograms (every 2 years) at the age of 40. There are more than 2.8 million breast cancer survivors in the United States. With increased awareness and support, we can help save thousands more lives each year.

Libby Griffith
libby@homestyledirect.com
1(866) 735-0921 Ext 108

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