• Every two minutes a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer. In 2005, it is estimated that about 212,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed, along with 58,000 new cases of non-invasive breast cancer. And 40,000 women are expected to die from this disease.

• Breast cancer is the leading cancer among white and African American women. African American women are more likely to die from this disease.

• Breast cancer incidence in women has increased from one in 20 in 1960 to one in seven today.

Courtesy of www.breastcancer.org