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• Less than 10% of adult cancer patients enroll in clinical trials.
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• New guidelines suggest women should begin breast cancer screenings at age 40.
  
  
• California is expected to have the most cases of breast cancer in 2023 at 32,020.
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• Susan G. Komen's first Race for the Cure began in Dallas in 1983.
  
  
• Nevada is the U.S. state with the lowest breast cancer incidence rate at 110.4% and New Hampshire has the highest incidence rate at 143.1%.

• 5% to 10% of breast cancer cases are attributed to genetics.

• The incidence rate of breast cancer is 12% for African American women. African Americans are diagnosed with more aggressive forms of breast cancer and are 40% more likely to die from the disease.

• Breast cancer is the highest cause of cancer in women at 25.4%. 

• Belgium has the highest rate of breast cancer at 113 cases per 100,000 women. 

• In 1913, X-rays were first used to study breast tissue, but the use of mammography became mainstream in the 1960's thanks to Robert Egan.

• The lifetime risk for men in the U.S. is about 1 on 1,000. It is estimated that over 2,600 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year.

• Typically, there are no symptoms with breast cancer. When there are symptoms, the most common is a painless lump that occurs in the breast tissue or underarm lymph nodes.

• Worldwide there are more than 6 million breast cancer survivors.

• In the U.S., more than 3.8 million women have a history of breast cancer.

• In women, one case of breast cancer is diagnosed every two minutes.

• Around the world, more than 1,400 women die every day from breast cancer, meaning every minute a woman dies from breast cancer.

• Being a woman and getting older are the most common risk factors for breast cancer.

*Facts and Statistics from the American Cancer Society and Susan G. Komen