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Random Weekly Fact: Mammograms Posted by Giulia Rozzi on October 7, 2008 at 1:21 pm

Last week I wrote a blog post about Cancer Vixen and Breast Cancer Awareness month. Did you know that between 1991 and 2000, the percentage of women receiving mammograms rose from 50% to 64%? Did you also know that in 2007 new cases of breast cancer in the United states was estimated to be 178,480 (female); 2,030 (male)? Mammography screening remains the best available method to detect breast cancer early. Let’s hope the percentages of women getting mammograms continues to increase to help the number of breast cancer cases to decrease.

takepart and learn more about breast cancer prevention, awareness and to help find a cure at http://www.nbcam.org/


CATEGORIES:  Global Health


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