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Facts!

• In 2004, there were 44,659 new cases of breast cancer diagnosed in the UK: 44,335 in women and 324 in men.
• Breast cancer causes more than 12,500 deaths each year in the UK. 
• Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and accounts for almost one in three (30%) of all cancer cases in women (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer).
• Most cases (approximately 80%) of breast cancers occur in post-menopausal women (women aged over 50 years).
• Approximately 8,600 women are diagnosed before their menopause each year in the UK (women aged under 50 years).
• Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women under 35. By age 35-39 over 1,500 women are diagnosed each year.
• Breast cancer is the third most common cause of cancer death in people in the UK, after lung cancer and bowel cancer.
• The incidence of breast cancer in British women is increasing by more than 1% each year. From 1983-2002 the breast cancer incidence increased by 45%.
• Survival rates beyond five years are improving, probably due to increased breast awareness, earlier detection and improved treatment.
• Earlier diagnosis and better treatment have led to an 18% fall in breast cancer mortality rates from 1996-2005.
• It is estimated that around 172,000 women are alive in the UK who have been diagnosed with breast cancer in the last ten years.

Please give generously!

thanks

Julia :0)