THINK PINK!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. I just wanted to make everyone aware. My grandma finished up chemotherapy last week and will be starting radiation later this month. She will be a breast cancer survivor thanks to millions of people who donate money to research and education for early detection. Please check out the vast information on the internet about this important subject. The Susan G. Komen Foundation is a great site: www.komen.org. Remind everyone you know to think pink and show your support to the cause.

Here are some facts:

2006 U.S. Breast Cancer Fact Sheet

• An estimated 212,920 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to occur
  among women in the United States during 2006.
• In addition to invasive breast cancer, 61,980 new cases of in situ breast cancer are
  expected to occur among women during 2006.
• Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) accounted for 85 percent of in situ breast cancers
  diagnosed from 1998-2002.
• Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women.
• An estimated 40,970 women will die from breast cancer in 2006.
• Breast cancer is second only to lung cancer in cancer deaths.
• Breast cancer death rate has been dropping about 2 percent annually since 1990 to
  2002 in all women combined, with larger decreases in younger (<50>
• An estimated 1,720 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in men in 2006.
• Between 1975-2002, the incidence rate among men increased 1.1 percent per year.
• An estimated 460 men will die from breast cancer in 2006.