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= __Interesting Facts About Breast Cancer__ = 1. B reast cancer is the leading killer of women ages 35 to 54. 2. 70% of breast cancers occur in women without a family history of the disease. 3. The majority of breast cancers revealed by mammography are not detected early enough. 4. Breast cancer is t he most common cause of death from cancer among Hispanic women.  5. 25% of women die within the first 5 years and 40% within 10 years of their diagnosis. 6. Most cancers take 8-10 years to grow to 1 cm in size, but breast cancer takes <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">only 1.5 years more to grow to 3.5 cm. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">7. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Malgun Gothic'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-language: KO;">M <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">ammography misses approximately 20% of all cancerous tumors (false negatives) <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">8. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Malgun Gothic'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Men can also get breast cancer <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">9. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Malgun Gothic'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-language: KO;">Breast cancer is t <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">he most common cancer in women, no matter your race or ethnicity. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">10. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">41,116 women and 375 men died from breast cancer <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Malgun Gothic'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-fareast-language: KO;"> in the year 2007

[|http://www.dnadirect.com/img/content_images/tests/breast_cancer/BOCincidence_BC_by_race.gif] Graph Showing Incident Rates of Breast Cancer By Race