PULSE Magazine | October 2019 Issue

 Every minute, somewhere in the world, a woman dies from breast cancer. That’s more than 1,400 women every day.

 Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women in the US and the first leading cause of cancer death among women globally.

 A man’s lifetime the risk of breast cancer is about 1 in 1,000.

 In the US today, there are more than 3.5

million breast cancer survivors — the largest group of all cancer survivors.

 Each year, it’s expected that about 2,670 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the US, and about 500 will die.

 Every 2 minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the US.

October is BREAST CANCER Awareness Month

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