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It's National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Have You Scheduled Your Exam?

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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Regular breast exams and mammograms are the best tools for early detection, which increases survival. Women over 40 should complete a mammogram screening annually.

  • One in eight women (12.4 percent) will develop breast cancer in their lifetimes.
  • Breast cancer death rates are higher than any other cancer
  • Breast cancer makes up 15 percent of all new cancer cases and 7 percent of cancer deaths annually.
  • A woman’s risk of breast cancer doubles if she has a mother or sister with breast cancer
  • More than 3.1 million women have a history of breast cancer
  • 2,550 new cases of breast cancer occur in men each year

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