Breast Cancer

• Being a woman is the number one risk factor for breast cancer!
• In the United States, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every 2 minutes.
• One in eight women will get breast cancer in their lifetime.
• 85% of women diagnosed with breast cancer in the early stage will survive.
• The key to surviving breast cancer is an early diagnosis!

Risk factors increase with age. Here are some other risk factors to be aware of:

• Having a family history of Breast Cancer
• Evidence of mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes
• History of abnormal breast biopsy
• Early age at onset of menstruation
• Never having children, or having your first child late in life
• Lump or thickening in breast or nipple
• History of breast cancer in other breast or benign breast disease
• Diet high in fat

Early Detection Exams

• Breast Self Exam (BSE) - Should be performed once a month by all women 20 years of age and older.
• Clinical Breast Exam - All women 20 years of age and older should have a clinical breast exam with a trained medical provider every year.
• Mammogram - All women 40 years of age and older should have a mammogram every year.

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