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Make it count! Help us celebrate Breast Cancer ACTION Month and make a difference locally.

Heart Nation! We're excited to share that if you donate just $15 (Or More!) to our general fund, you'll get this super shnazzy #BCAM face mask as modeled by our very own Board Event Director Sarah Beito.

This month we hold close all of those women who have experienced and are living with breast cancer. We remember those who live on in our memories and their families + friends.

 #NoOneFightsAlone

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Breast Cancer | Quick Facts

Early detection is your best protection:
A woman's chance of detecting breast cancer in her life is 1 in 8.

Top two risks:
1. Being female. + 2. Getting older. 

Mammography is still the gold standard to detect breast cancer. 
With early detection, the five year survival rate from breast cancer is almost 100%.

KNOW YOUR NORMAL
More than 75% of women with breast cancer have no family history of the disease and
less then 10% have a known gene mutation that increases risk.

Breast Cancer Mortality Rates are Declining. 

This year, we will lose more than 522,000 women worldwide to breast cancer.
More than 1,400 Women will die each day from breast cancer. 
(GloboCan, 2012)

Racial Disparity: Black women are more likely to die of breast cancer than white women.
Breast cancer mortality is 40% higher among black women compared with white women.

Metastatic Breast Cancer
Metastatic breast cancer is cancer that has spread from the breast to the bones, lungs, or other distant parts of the body. 90% of breast cancer deaths are as a result of metastatic disease.

In 2018, about 266,120 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, as will 2,550 men in the United States. About 63,960 new cases of carcinoma in situ (CIS) will be diagnosed. In the US in 2018, about 40,920 women and 480 men will die from breast cancer. There are approximately 150,000 women living in the United States today with metastatic breast cancer.

Men CAN get breast cancer, too. 
Male breast cancer makes up less than 1% of all cases of breast cancer. Breast cancer may occur in men at any age, but it usually occurs in men between 60 and 70 years of age. 
“Male Breast Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)–Patient Version was originally published by the National Cancer Institute.”

While statistics are not collected for metastatic recurrences which comprise the larger portion of metastatic breast cancer cases, it is estimated that 20 to 30% of women with breast cancer recur with metastatic disease. 6 to 10% are diagnosed initially with metastatic breast cancer. The average age of breast cancer diagnosis is 62; the average age of death from breast cancer is 68. (ACS/NBCC 2018)

​“Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn't afraid of anything anymore."
- Melissa Ethridge, Musician + Breast Cancer Survivor

"Breast cancer is scary and no one understands that like another woman who has gone through it too."
- Mindy Sterling, Actress + Breast Cancer Survivor

"Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."
- Mary Anne Radmacher

"When fear knocks, let faith answer the door."
- Robin Roberts, Broadcaster + Breast Cancer Survivor

WE STAND WITH THE National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) AND SUPPORT:
​HR 6114 | Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act

HR 6114 would waive the 24-month waiting period for Medicare eligibility and the 5-month waiting period of Social Security Disability Insurance benefits for individuals with metastatic breast cancer. 

Read the bill HERE. 
Read the NBCC background document HERE. 
Read the NBCC Metastatic Breast Cancer Fact Sheet HERE. 

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