- Breast cancer risk increases with age and every woman is at risk.
- Seventy-seven percent of women with breast cancer are over 50.
- The first sign of breast cancer usually shows up on a woman's mammogram before it can be felt or any other symptoms are present.
- Early detection of breast cancer, through monthly breast self-exam and particularly yearly mammography after age 40, offers the best chance for survival.
- It is unfortunate in Malaysia that nearly 40% of the new cases identified each year were already in the very advanced stages of the disease.Early detection saves lives!
- You are never too young to develop breast cancer! Breast Self-Exam should begin by the age of twenty.
Resources:
National Cancer Institute
Komen Foundation
PRIDE (pink ribbon deeds) Foundation
National Cancer Institute
Komen Foundation
PRIDE (pink ribbon deeds) Foundation
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