10 Facts about breast cancer

Fact # 1

All women are at risk.
Approximately 70% of breast cancers occur in women with none of the known risk factors.


Fact # 2

Only about 5% of breast cancers are inherited.
About 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer will be the first to be victims in their families.


Fact # 3

Breast cancer is the leading killer of women ages 35 to 54 worldwide.
More than a million women develop breast cancer without knowing it and almost 500,000 die from it every year.


Fact # 4

One out of four who are diagnosed with breast cancer die within the first five years.
No less than 40% die within ten years.


Fact # 5

The incidence of breast cancer has been rising for the past 30 years.
And the supposed authorities and experts that should know, don't know why.


Fact # 6

Risk factors are not necessarily causes of breast cancer.
Enough evidence exist linking environmental pollution and contamination to cause breast cancer.


Fact # 7

Mammography fails to detect as much as 20% of all breast cancer
and as much as 40% in women under the age of 50.


Fact # 8

Early detection does not prevent breast cancer.
Avoiding and eliminating known causes will prevent breast cancer.


Fact # 9

One out of eight North American women will develop breast cancer.
The San Francisco Bay Area has the highest incidence rate in the entire world.


Fact # 10

The Philippines has the highest incidence rate of breast cancer in Asia
and is today considered to have the 9th highest incidence rate in the world today.


source: http://www.pbcn.org/wst_page5.html