Breast Cancer facts according to virginia Breast Cancer Foundation

§  This year alone nearly 182,460 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in the united states.

§  Approximately 40,480 women will die of this disease each year.

§  90% of all women diagnosed with breast cancer has no family history or known risk factors.

§  It is estimated that 4,680 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in Virginia and 1,140 will die of this disease in Virginia alone.

§  It is believed that 1 in 8 women born today will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some time in their lives.

§  Today 2.3 million women in the united states have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

§  About 450 men in the united states will die from this disease.

§  Mammography can detect breast cancer early, earlier detection can save life's.

§  You should start getting mammograms each year at age 40. In less you are at a higher risk of breast cancer, then ask your doctor when you should start getting mammograms. You may need them earlier than 40.

Breast cancer costs the united states more than $6 billion each year in medical costs, but it costs families so much more.

Please join the Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation in its work to eradicate this devastating disease.

Go to www.vbcf.org to see how you can help.