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What You Should Know About Breast Disease

• Most breast lumps - more than 90% - are discovered by women themselves.
• Eight out of ten breast lumps are not cancerous, but only a health professional can make that diagnosis.
• One out of eight women will develop breast cancer during her lifetime. The earlier such cancers are discovered, the greater the chances for a cure.
• Women over the age of 35, those who have a family history of breast cancer, and those who have had cancer in one breast have a greater risk of developing breast cancer.
• Breast cancer has the second leading cancer death rate for African-American women, exceeded only by lung cancer