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History Behind the Pink Ribbon or Breast Cancer Awareness
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! About 1 in 8 U.S. women (about 12 percent) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. ! 4!{!\!\~! 276,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in !OK{!\!! 48,530 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer. ! About 2,620 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in men in 2020. A man's lifetime risk of breast cancer is about 1 in 883 . ! About 42,170 women in the US are expected to die in 2020 from breast cancer. Death rates have been steady in women under 50 since 2007 but have continued to drop in women over 50. The overall death rate from breast cancer decreased by 1.3 percent per year from 2013 to 2017. These decreases are thought to be the result of treatment advances and earlier detection through screening. ! 1!!!!OK{!j\!t\t!~\!\!\! !\!!"!\!!t\t{!j~!! cancer. ! !"!9\\!{!!\!!\! 3.5 million women with a history of breast cancer in the US. This includes women currently being treated and women who \!~!\ ! '~!!t\t{!j\!t\t!!!!t! ~\~!t\t!\!t\!!4!{!! estimated that about 30 percent of newly diagnosed cancers in women will be breast cancers.
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In women under 45 {!j\!t\t!!!t! !'\t!!\!!!@\{!'\t! women are more likely to die of breast cancer. For \{!3\t{!\~!>\t\!{!!! of developing and dying from breast cancer is lower. Ashkenazi Jewish women have a higher risk of breast cancer because of a higher rate of BRCA mutations. ! Breast cancer incidence rates in the US began ~t\!!!\!{!\"!t\!"!! previous two decades. They dropped by 7 percent from 2002 to 2003 alone. One theory is that this decrease was partially due to the reduced use of hormone \t!\!3JM!j!!\"!!!"! \!\!~!t\~!!U!3\!4\!! published in 2002. These results suggested a connection j!3JM!\~!t\~!j\!t\t!!4!t! \{!t~t!\!\!t\~!!j!! percent per year. ! A woman's risk of breast cancer nearly doubles if she \!\!~!\!{!{!~\!! has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Less than 15 percent of women who get breast cancer have a family member diagnosed with it. ! About 5-10 percent of breast cancers can be linked to known gene mutations inherited from one's mother or father. Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes \!!!t!@!\\{!!!\! BRCA1 mutation have up to a 72 percent lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. For women with a BRCA2 \{!!!! 69 percent . Breast cancer that is positive for the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations tends to develop more often in younger women. An increased ovarian cancer risk is also associated with these genetic \!4!{!'J(!\!\!\t\~! with a lifetime breast cancer risk of about 6.8 percent ; BRCA1 mutations are a less frequent cause of breast cancer in men. ! About 85 percent of breast cancers occur in women who have no family history of breast cancer. These occur due to genetic mutations that happen as a result of the \!t!\~!"!!\{!\!\!~! mutations. ! M!!t\!!"\t!"!j\!t\t!\!! (being a woman) and age (growing older).
Source: breastcancer.org & smarthomeradar.com
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