Celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness!

Get your “mammies grammed!”

Personally, I have committed to having my mammogram scheduled on or around my birthday, so that I never forget. My recommendation, to you, would be to do the same.

Here are some key statistics about breast cancer:

The American Cancer Society’s estimates for breast cancer in the United States for 2014 are:

About 232,670 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women.
About 62,570 new cases of carcinoma in situ (CIS) will be diagnosed (CIS is non-invasive and is the earliest form of breast cancer).
About 40,000 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.

source: http://www.cancer.org